On February 11, the Commercial Press, the beginning of the modern publishing industry in the mainland and one of the twin stars of modern Chinese culture, celebrated its 125th birthday. Huang Zhijian, chairman of the board of directors and secretary of the party group of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd., attended the celebration and delivered a speech, and Liu Bogen, Li Yan, Chen Yonggang, Zhang Hong, Yu Dianli, Mao Yuansheng and Zhang Jichen, members of the leading group of the group company, attended and sent birthday wishes. Dozens of experts, scholars and industry colleagues sent their blessings in the form of videos, and colleagues from the Commercial Press of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore also celebrated in the form of videos; employee representatives who have worked at the Commercial Press and colleagues of the Commercial Press participated in the online-based activities. Gu Qing, secretary of the party committee and executive director of the Commercial Press, and Li Ping, general manager, exchanged and interacted with readers in the live broadcast room and celebrated their birthdays together "on the clouds".
The Commercial Press celebrates its 125th birthday
In his speech, Huang Zhijian said that generation after generation of commercial publishers have continued to struggle and made their own unique contributions to the ideological and cultural development of modern China and the progress of national society. Today we are in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the "old brand" must have new responsibilities, new deeds, take advantage of the momentum, carry forward the past, in-depth study and implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions, adhere to the integrity and innovation, better undertake the mission and task of "raising the banner, gathering people's hearts, cultivating new people, revitalizing culture, and displaying image", provide cultural popularization, academic accumulation and intellectual support for this great era, and make new "business" contributions to improving national civilization literacy and enhancing cultural self-confidence. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of the contingent, inherit the spirit of business, adhere to the responsibility to the country, the nation, and the society, maintain good respect for culture, education, and publishing, continue the excellent tradition of the older generation of publishing sages, and strive to make the brand of commerce brighter and louder.
Gu Qing, secretary of the party committee and executive director of the Commercial Press, said that in the past 125 years, the Commercial Press has personally experienced the magnificent process of the Chinese nation from poverty and weakness to great rejuvenation. This is the 125 years that businessmen have always held the ideal of "saving the country through culture and revitalizing China", the 125 years that business people have always practiced the mission and responsibility of "Changming education and opening up people's wisdom", the 125 years that business people have always adhered to Chinese culture and disseminated advanced ideas, and 125 years in which business people have always stood in the forefront of the times and promoted social progress. 125 years is a new starting point for moving forward, and business people will make unremitting efforts in serving education, promoting academic progress, cultivating the book industry, promoting the prosperity of publishing, assuming responsibilities, and building a cultural power.
Mr. Fu Weizhong, Chairman of United Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd., said that as China's first modern publishing institution and a well-known cultural brand, the Commercial Press has an immeasurable and far-reaching influence in the history of modern Chinese culture and education, and in the historical journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the Commercial Press will glow with new brilliance and make greater contributions. Li Jiaju, Managing Director of The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., mentioned that with the development and changes of society and culture, the Commercial Press closely follows the pulse of the development of the times, and publishes works that affect the times and people with enthusiasm, ideals, creativity, vision, style and perseverance. Wang Chunshen, chairman of the Taiwan Commercial Press, said that although due to the epidemic, we will celebrate our 125th anniversary in different places this time, we will inherit the purpose left to us by Mr. Zhang Yuanji and continue to produce good books to the public.
On February 11, Gu Qing, Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Director of the Commercial Press, gave readers a special lecture on the history of the museum " 'The Pine of a Thousand Zhangs': The Commercial Press in the Song of the Museum", using the song "The Pine of the Thousand Zhangs" as a guide, telling the history of the Commercial Press over the past 125 years, and deeply explaining the "business spirit" in the song of the museum. Li Ping, general manager of the Commercial Press, led the readers and friends to explore the Commercial Press online, and led the readers to "interview" a number of senior editors and share the stories behind the good books of "The Kingdom of Reference Books" and "The Town of Academic Publishing".
The Commercial Press was founded on February 11, 1897. Over the past 125 years, the Commercial Press has adhered to the ideals of "saving the country through publication", "saving the country through education" and "serving the country through culture", sorting out the country's past, introducing Western studies, developing education and prospering culture, and launching a number of high-quality books to the society, such as "Ciyuan", "Xinhua Dictionary", "Modern Chinese Dictionary", "Chinese Translation of World Academic Masterpieces Series", "Chinese Modern Academic Masterpieces Series", etc., which have had a far-reaching impact on publishing, culture and education, and made important contributions to the modernization and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The 125 years of hard work and turbulence have tempered the unique spiritual temperament of commerce: this is the revolutionary spirit of adhering to cultural ideals, making unremitting efforts to improve oneself, and persevering; it is the spirit of disseminating advanced ideas, Changming education, and cultural service to the country; it is the spirit of taking responsibility to consciously link one's own cause with the destiny of the country and the nation; it is the innovative spirit of conforming to the needs of the times, daring to explore, and daring to be the first; it is the spirit of opening up to continue cultural traditions, absorbing Chinese and foreign countries, and being eclectic; it is the spirit of pursuing excellent quality, meticulously crafting, Craftsmanship spirit of excellence. The Commercial Press has always stood at the forefront of the times, and the 125-year-old Commercial Press is young.
Nandu reporter Huang Qian