Chinese Publishing: Homeland of Printing

The time-honored Chinese civililzation has nutured the distinctive Chinese publishing industry. To some extent, its formulation and development mimics that of Chinese civilization. Chinese civilization is unique in the world in its continuity. As a sighificant activity of knowledge accumulation and cultural inheritance, publishing has contributed greatly to the spread and inheritance of Chinese civilization. In te past thousands of years, Chinese civilization has spread all over the wold with books as carriers and has taken a significant part in the development of world culture by constructing the Asian Confucianism civilization circle.