Zhonghua Book Company was founded in 19 12/month. It is one of the oldest publishing houses in China and was founded by Mr. Lu Feikui (Bochong). At the beginning of its establishment, the bureau pursued the purpose of "enlightening the people", mainly editing and publishing various textbooks, which played a positive role in spreading scientific and cultural knowledge and popularizing new education. Shortly after its establishment, Zhonghua Book Company's publishing business developed rapidly and occupied a very important position in the domestic publishing industry. At the same time, Zhonghua Book Company has gathered a large number of experts, scholars and celebrities, such as Liang Qichao, Yu Youren, Fan Yuanlian, Ma, Tian Han, Zhang Wentian, Pan Hannian, Xu Zhimo, Qian Gechuan, Zhang Xiang and Shu Xincheng. , has published influential books such as Chinese Dictionary, Ci Hai, Four Essentials, and Integration of Ancient and Modern Books. From the establishment of the Bureau to 1949, Zhonghua Book Company has published more than 5,800 books, covering social sciences, natural sciences, literature and art, important ancient books, children's books and other categories. More than 50 branches have been established all over the country, and there are more than 65,438+0,000 distribution offices. We have set up branches in Singapore, Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province, with business all over the country and overseas development. It was one of the few large-scale comprehensive publishing enterprises in China at that time.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), in May 1954, Zhonghua Book Company implemented a public-private partnership and its head office moved to Beijing. At the same time, he left the Shanghai office of Zhonghua Book Company in Shanghai and 1958 was reorganized into the Shanghai editorial department of Zhonghua Book Company. In the same year, the planning group for the collation and publication of ancient books in the State Council was established, with Zhonghua Book Company as the office of the group, becoming a professional publishing house for the collation and publication of ancient and modern literature, history, philosophy and language books, related academic works and popular reading materials in China, and undertaking the national basic project for the collation of ancient books. Twenty years later, The Twenty-four Histories and the Draft of the History of the Qing Dynasty published by the organization were recognized as the greatest ancient book sorting project in New China. He has edited and published Qin, Han, Ancient Three Generations, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties, Poems of the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, Poems of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Poems of the Tang Dynasty, Poems of the Song Dynasty, Ancient Novel Series, Collection of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Integration of Yin and Zhou Dynasties, Zi Tong Zhi Jian, Wen Yuan Hua Ying and Taiping Yulan. China Classical Literature Basic Series, Historical Notes Series, Twenty-four History Research Materials Series, China Ancient Geography General Records Series, Chinese and Foreign Traffic History Series, China History Series, China Modern Characters Series, China Modern Characters Diary Series, and New Scholars Series have been successively published. Neo-Confucianism series, academic notes series, three series of ancient books, bibliography and postscript series of Qing Dynasty, and translation and annotation series of China's classical works provide a large number of basic books for academic research. Zhonghua Book Company also published the academic works of famous scholars such as Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei, Gu Jiegang, Chen Yuan, Wang Li and Qian Zhongshu. Academic collections edited and published by Zhonghua Book Company, literature and history, literary heritage, calligraphy and other literature and history periodicals have a wide influence in academia, reading and education.

In recent years, Zhonghua Book Company has made unremitting efforts in popularizing the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and successively published Zuo Zhuan's translated works, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius' translated works, Zhuangzi's Today's Note, A Historical Review of the Vernacular Chinese, A Historical Review of the Vernacular Chinese, A Mirror of a Hundred Stories, and A New Compilation of Thousands of Poems. And 198 1 first edition of literature and history, and 1998 reprint of China loose-leaf anthology (adult edition, senior high school edition, junior high school edition, primary school edition), making contributions to improving the quality of the whole nation.

Zhonghua Book Company has rich human resources in traditional learning and ancient books collation. Chen Naigan, Xu Tiaofu, Song Yunbin, Yang Bojun, Ma Zonghuo, Jin Canran, Zhao Shouyan and other famous experts and scholars have played a great role in the development of Zhonghua Book Company. Among the existing staff, 27% have senior professional titles, and 20 experts enjoy special government allowances, most of whom are experts with expertise in learning. Among them, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Fu Xuancong and others have made outstanding achievements in the collation of ancient books and academic research. Zhonghua Book Company is famous at home and abroad for its first-class authors, first-class editing and publishing talents and high-quality publications. It is a publishing house that can best represent the publishing level of ancient books and academic works in China.

2 1 century, Zhonghua Book Company will make greater contributions to the inheritance and promotion of traditional culture in China, the internationalization of Chinese and the internationalization of Chinese culture.