On April 27, 2024, the sixth stop of the "East of the Forbidden City: Scholarly Journey" readers' book selection activity, 21 readers came to the bookstore to listen to lectures, select books, stamp punches, and a lecture on the history of the founding of the World Knowledge Publishing House benefited readers a lot.
Founded in 1986, Shizhi Bookstore is an important external window and service platform of World Knowledge Publishing House Co., Ltd., a "professional bookstore" mainly engaged in books and periodicals in the field of diplomacy and international issues, providing rich cultural resources for the public, an "exchange platform" for promoting cultural communication and mutual learning between China and foreign countries, and a "propaganda front" for disseminating the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The bookstore brand activity "Shizhi Coffee House" is deeply loved by the majority of readers, and has been rated as "Characteristic Bookstore" and "Demonstration Bookstore" by the Propaganda Department of the North Municipal Party Committee.
"The rich alley you introduced in this issue is not far from the bookstore, so I have to stop by to see it when I have time." After the event, several readers saw that the Lao She Memorial Hall was located in Fufu Hutong in this check-in brochure, and they all said that they wanted to visit it. Lao She Memorial Hall is the place where Mr. Lao She lived after returning from the United States in 1949, Lao She lived here for 16 years, during which he wrote dozens of dramas such as "Fang Pearl", "Dragon Whisker Valley", "Teahouse" and a large number of operas, essays, poems, essays, and so on. Lao She's wife planted two persimmon trees in the courtyard, and when late autumn comes, the tomatoes hang high, so this small yard is also called "Dan Persimmon Courtyard".
In this issue of the book tour, Dongcheng District Library has 22 books such as "The Story of China's Diplomacy" and "Top Strategies at the Round Table: Decoding International Conferences and Great Power Diplomacy during World War II", worth more than 2,300 yuan.
In this event, Mr. Liu Yuhui was invited to give a lecture entitled "Talking about the World Knowledge Society and Her Book".
Mr. Liu Yuhui is the book editor and deputy editor of the World Knowledge Publishing House. In January 2020, he was named the only "Outstanding Editor of the Year" in 2019 by Dangdang.com. As of 2022, Mr. Liu has rich publishing experience, and has planned to publish more than 200 books on international politics and diplomacy. For example: the best-selling book "Trump's Biography". In 2022, he won the second "Yang Shengmao Award for Best Young Scholar in American History" and "The Heisei Era: Japan's Thirty-year Development Trajectory and Prospects" selected as the 2022 Major Scientific Research Achievements of the Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The annual report "International Arms Control and Disarmament," which has been planned and published for many years, is the permanent chairman's bookshelf.
In the lecture, Mr. Liu introduced the 90-year history of the founding and development of World Knowledge. Liu Yuhui said: "Founded in 1934, World Knowledge is a publishing house of books and periodicals on international issues with extensive social influence in China. It enjoys a high reputation among intellectuals and young people, in particular. It publishes six magazines and numerous books to help Chinese readers understand the world and promote China to the world. ”
The next stop of the 2024 "East of the Forbidden City: Scholarly Tour" will be on May 12, Sunday, and the venue is: Reading Club, with a quota of 30 people.