The "National Human Geography of China" series plans to publish 100 city volumes in batches during the "13th Five Year Plan" period, which will authoritatively, stereoscopically and detailedly show the historical context, geographical conditions, and achievements of human resources, economic and social development of Chinese cities. This is the news that the reporter learned from the series editorial board meeting held in Beijing a few days ago.
The series is organized and implemented by China Map Publishing Group. It is positioned as "inheriting history and culture, demonstrating geographical conditions, publicizing development achievements, and depicting city blueprints". It is an important window and platform for Chinese cities to publicize and "go global".
Liu Binjie, Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the National People's Congress, said at the meeting that as a major national publishing project during the 13th Five Year Plan period, the series will have a far-reaching impact not only at home but also internationally.
Zhang Fuhai, Director of the China Foreign Language and Culture Administration, said that the publication of the series provided materials for telling Chinese stories and promoting the rich and colorful Chinese culture. The China Foreign Language and Culture Administration will promote the series as a key book to international channels.
It is understood that the first seven city sub volumes of the series have been published in 2016, 12 city sub volumes will be published in the near future, and 21 city sub volumes have started docking. At present, the series has been promoted and displayed in the United States, Britain, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and other countries, and has been put on the shelves of Amazon China Bookstore.
As the director of the series editorial board, Kureshi Mehesuti, deputy minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources and director of the National Bureau of Surveying, Mapping and Geographic Information, said that the series editorial department should further innovate the working system and mechanism, and actively and orderly promote the compilation and publication of the series in accordance with the requirements of "publishing a batch, starting a batch, and storing a batch".
It is reported that China Map Publishing Group is actively promoting the digital publishing of books in accordance with the requirements of "Internet+" and media integration development while fully promoting the city's paper-based publishing in separate volumes. At present, it has launched the construction of China National Human Geography Content Resources Database, the sharing service platform of book content resources and the all media publishing platform.
(August 28, 2017)
(Editor in charge: Jia Weiwen, Zhang Wei)
