According to the latest news from the organizing committee, the 28th Beijing International Book Fair (referred to as the Tibet Expo), which will be held in Beijing from September 14 to September 18, will be adjusted to after 12:00 noon on September 14, and the admission personnel need to hold the 48-hour nucleic acid negative certificate in Beijing to visit the book fair.
As the first major large-scale international book fair to resume online and offline exhibitions under the global epidemic, the main venue of this year's Tibet Expo is located at the China International Exhibition Center (Beijing Shunyi New Pavilion). On September 12th, the 2021 Beijing Publishing Summit of the Traditional Brand Event of Tu expo was held at the Asia Hotel. The summit was held in the form of "offline venue + online live broadcast", focusing on multiple themes such as "publishing culture working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind" and "new technologies empowering new development of publishing", and exchanged and discussed topics of wide concern such as exchanges and cooperation, integrated development and wisdom innovation in the publishing industry in the new era. Wu Shulin, executive vice president of the Publishers Association of China, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony. Zhao Haiyun, deputy director of the Import and Export Administration Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department, Ahmad Farouq, deputy director of the Pakistani Embassy in China, and Liu Bogen, director of China Publishing Group Co., Ltd. and deputy secretary of the party group, attended the summit and delivered speeches, and the opening ceremony was presided over by Li Hongwen, executive director and secretary of the party committee of China Book Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd.
On the morning of September 12, the 2021 Beijing Publishing Summit was held at the Asia Hotel, and Ahmed Farouq, Deputy Director of the Embassy of Pakistan in China, delivered a speech at the summit as the representative of the guest of honor. The summit was hosted by the Organizing Committee of Beijing International Book Fair and hosted by China Book Import and Export (Group) Co., Ltd.
Publishing is an important carrier of people-to-people exchanges and people-to-people communication, so how can the publishing industry, which is in the midst of great changes in the world and China's great development, contribute wisdom and solutions to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind? Under the theme of "Publishing Culture Joins Forces to Build a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind", the participants shared their views.
Zhang Li, vice president of the China Press and Publication Research Institute, with the theme of "The Mission of the Publishing Industry in the New Era: Standing at the Crossroads of Digital Transformation and Exploring the Common Civilization of Mankind", combined with the digital transformation of the publishing industry, discussed the promotion of mutual learning, cultural interconnection and mutual integration of new publishing, and then promoted the common development of human civilization. Zhang Li said that with the rapid popularization of the Internet, mobile communications, and artificial intelligence technology, human society and human civilization have entered a new era, an important carrier of human civilization record and inheritance, and the publishing industry has also entered a new era. Against this backdrop, the global publishing industry faces the same conflicts, the same opportunities and transformational puzzles. Zhang Li said that publishing and civilization are inseparable, the history of publishing is actually the history of human civilization record and inheritance, and publishing activities and publications are the most concentrated representatives of human civilization.
Zhang Li pointed out that today's traditional Chinese publishing industry is exploring the transformation to integrated development and knowledge services. This is divided into four stages: the first stage is electronic publishing (digitalization), the second stage is online publishing, the third stage is digital publishing, and the fourth stage is integrated publishing or integrated development, knowledge services. Integration means two levels of meaning, one is cross-media, no longer a single media form; the second is cross-border, the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.
In Zhang Li's view, knowledge service represents the development of artificial intelligence technology, and in the extensive and in-depth development process of the content industry, today's technology and content are completely integrated. On the one hand, in knowledge services, whether it is content fragmentation or the search and reading of knowledge systems, it is very acceptable to the traditional publishing industry. But on the other hand, Zhang Li particularly emphasized that knowledge services are services, not reading, "Driven by artificial intelligence technology, knowledge is no longer simply packaged into products, but becomes a service subject that is constantly iteratively updated, and can provide services directly without human participation, such as robot doctors." ”
Martin Arblaau, a well-known sociologist and academician of the British Academy of Social Sciences, delivered a speech on the theme of "The Development of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Global Governance". In the speech, Albulau specifically mentioned that China's development experience provides reference and reference for the world. Albrau said that another opportunity for this speech is the publication of his new work "China and the Community of Shared Future for Mankind: Exploring Common Values and Goals". Pang Kwok-ju, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Singapore's World Science and Technology Publishing Group, talks about how publishing plays a bridging role in driving global communication.
At the 2021 Beijing Publishing Summit, Martin Arblau delivered a speech on the theme of "The Development of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Global Governance" through video.
World Science and Technology Publishing Group was founded in 1981 and has a history of 40 years. According to Pan Guoju, as the largest bilingual (English, Chinese) publishing institution in the Asia-Pacific region, World Science and Technology Publishing Group is committed to academic research and professional groups to publish books and journals, with the mission of providing knowledge products for academic professionals and universities around the world. As of now, World Science and Technology Publishing Group publishes about 600 new books and 140 regular publications every year. Pan Guoju said that introducing China's high-tech and new achievements to the world is also what the World Science and Technology Publishing Group is currently doing, such as their planning and publication of a series of books on the "Belt and Road", which has been published 15 books since the first book was published in July 2018, and he believes that through these efforts, readers overseas and the world can better understand the cultural and scientific and technological activities of China and Asia.
In addition, Yang Jin, deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Medical Publishing House Co., Ltd., introduced his views on publishing to help the development of human health with the theme of "Medical Digital Publishing Helps Healthy China", combined with the practice of the development of medical digital publishing; Yuri Tavrovsky, a Russian writer and chairman of the Russian side of the Expert Council of the Sino-Russian Friendship peace and Development Committee, told the important role of book publishing across national borders for the bright future of mankind with the title of "More Books - The Bright Prospects of Human Society". Emphasizing the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind is a beacon in today's world, and books are an important way to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
In the new round of scientific and technological revolution and rapid evolution of industrial change, how will the publishing industry transform and upgrade to achieve integrity and innovation? In the theme session of "New Technology Empowers New Development of Publishing", the participants focused on new technological innovation and industrial transformation and development, and conducted in-depth discussions. In the "Education + Professional Publishing Case Sharing" session, Long Jie, deputy editor-in-chief of Higher Education Press, introduced the construction of an international communication platform for Chinese academic journals; Xie Wei, vice president of social science literature publishing house, described the new trend of technology application in the integration of academic publishing; and Chen Haijuan, vice president of China Machine Press, introduced the analysis of new digital publishing infrastructure with the digital transformation of China Machine Press as an example.
Li Hufeng, General Manager of Zhongtu Kexin Digital Intelligence Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Peng Maoxiang, Deputy General Manager of Intellectual Property Publishing House Co., Ltd., Du Huailiang, Chief Technology Officer of Inspur Group Beijing Company, Rebecca, Managing Director of F1000 Research under Taylor Francis Group, Zhu Hongbo, Chief Expert of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Zhang Zhongkai, Chairman of Guizhou Publishing Group Edition Cloud Big Data Co., Ltd., also shared their shares.
Reporter 丨He An'an
Edited by 丨 青青子
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