Beijing Book Fair brings underground literature to the surface

The annual Beijing Book Fair opened at the China International Exhibition Center on Sunday.

The four-day event hosts more than 762 publishing organizations, showcasing more than 200,000 new books, periodicals, electronic publications and audio-video products. More than 1,000 libraries nationwide and 100 Chinese-language bookstores from Singapore, Japan, Australia, Thailand, the Republic of Korea and Malaysia will visit and place orders for books.

Organized by the Books and Periodicals Distribution Association of China and the Publishers Association of China, the 25th fair shows the event's growth into a major platform for the book trade since its inception in 1987.