Xinhua Bookstore Head Office
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Xinhua Bookstore Head Office, or Xinhua Bookstore Headquarters (simplified Chinese: 新华书店总店; traditional Chinese: 新華書店總店; pinyin: Xīnhuá Shūdiàn Zǒngdiàn), is the central administrative hub of the Xinhua Bookstore, China's largest state-run book distribution chain. Established in a Yan'an cave in 1937 as a small bookstore, the Head Office is now a large company in Beijing, overseeing the operations, logistics, and publishing activities of Xinhua Bookstore branches across the country.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]On April 24, 1937, the "Yan'an Xinhua Bookstore" was founded in a cave dwelling in Qingliang Mountain, Yan'an. It then developed to various revolutionary base areas under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.[1][3][2]
In 1940, Yan'an Xinhua Bookstore was renamed "Xinhua Bookstore".[2][1][4]
In 1946, Mao Zedong wrote the name for the bookstore.[1][5]
In 1948, the first batch of RMB issued by Pingshan County Bank in Hebei Province was printed by Xinhua Bookstore Printing Factory.[2]
On January 1, 1951, the Xinhua Bookstore branches across China were unified, and Xinhua Bookstore Head Office was established based on the original Xinhua Bookstore General Administration Office. Xinhua Bookstore Head Office unified the management of Xinhua Bookstores at all levels in China.[1][3][4]
From 1966 to 1976, Xinhua Bookstore Head Office experienced damages by the Cultural Revolution.[1][4]
From 1977 to 1978, Xinhua Bookstore Head Office was reorganized and restored.[1][4]
In 1987, Xinhua Bookstore Head Office merged with its subordinate units in Beijing and became a book distribution enterprise.[1][4]
In 2004, the China Publishing Group Corporation was established, and Xinhua Bookstore Head Office became its affiliated unit, responsible for book distribution and wholesale for all Xinhua Bookstores and social bookstores in China.[3]
Xinhua Bookstore Head Office's main traditional business of book wholesale ceased operations in 2008, and was then transformed to Internet technology services, cultural operations and asset management.[4][6][7]
On April 24, 2025, Xinhua Bookstore Head Office held the "88th Anniversary Store Celebration and Readers Open Day Event" in Beijing.[8]
Current situation
[edit]The Xinhua Bookstore Head Office is located at: No.135 Beilishi Road, Beijing, China. It has more than 13,000 branch stores and annual sales of over 100 billion yuan. The Head Office has distributed more than 4.5 billion copies of books, with the list prices accounting to more than 25 billion yuan.[2][3]
Departments
[edit]The Head Office consists of the following departments and offices:[3]
- Executive office,
- Planning and finance department,
- Human resources department,
- Business development department,
- Assets managing department,
- Party and mass department,
- Department of retirement affairs,
- Information center.
Companies
[edit]The Head Office hosts the following sub-companies:[3]
- Xinhua Internet Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.,
- Xinhua Guocai Education Network Technology Co., Ltd.,
- Beijing Xinhua Wenbo Property Management Co., Ltd.,
- Beijing Huaxin Zhongpan Media Advertising Co., Ltd.,
- Xinhua Bookstore Chengdu Co., Ltd.
Newspapers and journals
[edit]Xinhua Bookstore Head Office publishes several newspapers and journals, including:[3]
- New Bibliography of Social Sciences,
- New Bibliography of Science and Technology,
- China Library Weekly
- The National Catalogue of textbooks for Secondary and Higher Education.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "新华书店总店 (Xinhua Bookstore Head Office)" (in Chinese). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "新華書店80歲了，你可能不知道，它最初誕生在窯洞裡 (Xinhua Bookstore is 80 years old. You may not know that it was originally born in a cave)" (in Chinese). People.cn. 2017-04-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Xinhua Bookstore Head Office". China Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "新华书店总店 (Xinhua Bookstore Head Office)" (in Chinese). China Publishing Group Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
- ^ "三代领导人为新华书店题词" [Three generations of leaders wrote inscriptions for Xinhua Bookstore] (in Chinese). Phoenix TV (凤凰卫视). 2012-11-13.
- ^ "总店简介 (Introduction to the Head Office)" (in Chinese). Xinhua Bookstore Head Office. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ^ "新华书店总店打造新华全民阅读空间项目 全方位促进优秀图书传播 (Xinhua Bookstore Headquarters creates Xinhua National Reading Space Project to promote the dissemination of excellent books in all aspects)". China News Network. 2025-01-07.
- ^ Xiao Yin (2025-04-25). "新华书店总店举办"88周年店庆暨读者开放日活动" (Xinhua Bookstore Headquarters holds "88th Anniversary Store Celebration and Readers Open Day")" (in Chinese). 中国出版传媒商报 (China Publishing and Media Business Daily).
External links
[edit]- Xinhua Bookstore web site in Chinese