Iran participates in the 30th Beijing International Book Fair

TEHRAN – Iran is represented at the 30th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), which began on Wednesday in Beijing, China.

The pavilion of the Islamic Republic of Iran will present more than 500 titles from various fields, including literature, children’s literature, history and art, IRNA reported.

Compared with last year, this year’s BIBF saw a larger participation of foreign exhibitors. With an expanded exhibition area of ​​55,000 square meters, the five-day event this year gathered about 1,600 exhibitors from 71 countries and regions and presented 220,000 Chinese and foreign publications to visitors, according to the organizers.

Compared to the previous year, the fair recorded an increase of 150 foreign participants. A total of 1,050 exhibitors from abroad were represented, which corresponds to 66 percent of the total number of participants.

Compared to 2023, this year’s event welcomed 15 new participating countries, including Azerbaijan, Qatar, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Nigeria.

Among the 550 domestic participants, including representatives from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, 38 new companies have joined, including the Shanghai Data Exchange, game publisher miHoYo, children’s product developers, and newspapers and magazines.

In honor of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the BIBF is organizing an exhibition presenting significant journalistic achievements, especially in the new era since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2022.

This year’s guest of honour is Saudi Arabia, which will present about 120 titles in Arabic and English, focusing on literature, fairy tales and educational materials. The country will also organise academic forums and a conference to promote copyright trade.

According to Lei Jianhua, deputy general manager of China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Co, a co-organizer of the event, the Beijing International Publishing Forum, scheduled for June 21, will explore the potential innovations that new high-quality productive forces can bring to the publishing industry. In addition, high-level forums such as the PubTech Conference will deepen the integration of artificial intelligence into the publishing sector.

Founded in 198, the Beijing International Book Fair is one of the largest book fairs in the world and serves as an important platform for the exchange of copyrights and facilitates trade in publications from China and abroad, including print books and multimedia works.

This year’s edition of the Beijing International Book Fair ends on June 23rd.

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