Liu Binjie, the Chinese minister of General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) and Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, signed the agreement in Beijing on 31 May 2007.

Guest of Honour appearance in Frankfurt: an overview

We have put together various documents on the apperance of this year´s Guest of Honour for your information. You will also find the Press-Kit and programme information.

Books On China

Every year since 1988, the Frankfurt Book Fair has organised an international book exhibition in which numerous publishing companies from all over the world present their titles relating to the respective Guest of Honour.

As an integral part of the Guest of Honour’s presentation, the Frankfurt Book Fair offered publishing companies the opportunity of a special exhibition for display of their current translations from Chinese literature. This was accompanied by an exhibition catalogue with the contact addresses of publishing companies who contributed.

Books on China - The Catalogue

Journalist trip to China

From 20 to 26 June 2009, an international group of journalists were on a journey of literary-discovery to Peking. Edward Nawotka reported for the blog about his impressions from the Middle Kingdom.