Modern Publishing Industry Essays

Author: Yu Youxian
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Publishing Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Publishing activities have two fundamental attributes: ideological and industrial. For a very long period, we placed great emphasis on the ideological aspect of publishing while failing to recognize its industrial nature. With China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy, the industrial attribute of publishing activities has become increasingly prominent. In fact, in a market economy, publishing activities are closely linked with economic activities, publications are commodities, and the publishing industry is an important component of the national economy. In recent years, China's publishing industry has achieved significant development. The grand goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects proposed at the 16th National Congress has further opened up broad prospects for the development of China's publishing industry.