The 29th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) will be held from June 15th to 18th at the National Convention Center in Beijing. Algeria will serve as the guest of honor at this year's fair.

This year's BIBF is the first major international book exhibition held in China since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party. The fair will take a hybrid approach, with a focus on offline events but also offering online support. Domestic and foreign exhibitors have signed up enthusiastically, with 2,500 exhibitors from 56 countries and regions participating. Of these, 1,500 publishing and related institutions will exhibit offline, while overseas exhibitors account for about 60% or 900 exhibitors. The fair is expected to showcase over 200,000 titles.

For the first time, the fair will feature a "digital publishing pavilion" to showcase emerging digital publishing formats, such as online literature and games, and highlight their achievements in internationalization. Additionally, LIBRAVERSE, a reading metaverse developed by China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC), will make its debut at the fair. This product combines immersive reading, virtual space roaming, virtual exhibition trading, digital IP display, digital collection development, and digital content creation. Readers can explore a fantastic reading world using VR, MR, and other devices.

Winners of the 3rd Jieli Cup Jinbo Children's Literature Award and Cao Wenxuan Children's Novel Award Announced

On June 10th, 2023, the award ceremony for the third Jieli Cup Jinbo Children's Literature Award and the Jieli Cup Cao Wenxuan Children's Novel Award (referred to as the "Double Award") was held at the China Modern Literature Museum, sponsored by Guangxi Publishing Media Group and organized by Jieli Publishing House.

A total of 1,240 authors and illustrators from 31 regions across China participated in the call for submissions. The Jieli Cup Jinbo Children's Literature Award received 1,939 submissions, the highest of the three editions. The Jieli Cup Cao Wenxuan Children's Novel Award received 270 children's novels, with a total of 5.32 million words. After thorough reading and discussion, the judges selected nine winners for each award, including one gold, two silver, and six bronze awards.

The gold award for the third Jieli Cup Jinbo Children's Literature Award went to Da Wu's picture book "Don't Move a Snail". The silver award winners were Huang Wenjun's fairy tale "The Little Kingdom That Adults Can't See" and Zhang Zihua's fairy tale "The Town That Keeps Growing". The bronze award winners were Deng Zongxi's picture book "The Nightmare Ran Away", Li Haisheng's fairy tale "Even Hedgehogs Want Their Moms to Hold Them", Lü Lina's fairy tale "The Dog-tail Grass Library", Ma Sha's story "Fastland and Slowland", Ning Yuxin and Li Shu's picture book "The Little Wolf Who Loves to Write Poems", and Zhang Xiaoling's fairy tale "A Day of the Unicorn".

The gold award for the third Jieli Cup Cao Wenxuan Children's Novel Award was awarded to Wang Yongying's novella "Grandma Outside the Wolf Den". The silver award winners were Lu Yuannan's novella "Dear Kite" and Song Yanshan's short story "Purple Figs". The bronze award winners were Wang Zhenghua's novella "Eighteen Ropes", Wu Jianqing's short story "Children of the Parrot Village", Wu Zhouxing's novella "Lingxiao Lane", Zhang Haiyang's short story "The Emerald Bird Has a Home", Zhang Juan's short story "Black Bottom Pot, Red Bottom Pot", and Zhang Yishi's short story "A Zhen Making Wine".

Joint Proposal on ChatGPT Issued by 25 Cultural and Publishing Organizations

The Chinese Copyright Association recently held its 54th Jiyuan Workshop in Beijing to discuss the issue of copyright in AI-generated content. Attendees from the copyright, academic, legal, and AI industries discussed the value of copyright in AI-generated content, among other related copyright issues.

During the meeting, 25 organizations including COL, CNKI, China Workers' Publishing House, Intellectual Property Publishing House, and Guangming Daily Press issued a proposal to experts, scholars, and AI industry practitioners in the field of artificial intelligence.

The proposal calls for strengthening research on AI-generated content technology, respecting copyright and empowering positive industry development, avoiding infringement and creating a good development environment, guiding users to legally and rationally use content, strengthening publicity and raising awareness of copyright protection, and standardizing behavior and optimizing content authorization channels. The proposal aims to regulate the application of generative AI technology and promote the widespread application and value release of high-quality copyright resources in the AI industry.

Report Reveals Asia as Primary Market for Chinese Online Literature

On May 27th, the "2023 China International Online Literature Week," jointly sponsored by the China Writers Association, the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, and the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, opened in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. During the opening ceremony, the China Writers Association released the "Report on the Spread and Development of Chinese Online Literature in Asia."

The report shows that in 2022, the size of China's online literature market exceeded 3 billion yuan in the overseas market, with more than 16,000 online literature works exported overseas and over 150 million overseas users. Asia has become the region where Chinese online literature is most widely spread, with a market size of 1.6 billion yuan, higher than that of North America and Europe, accounting for 55% of the global market. Among them, the dissemination effect in Southeast Asia is the best, accounting for about 40% of overseas dissemination.

In terms of readers and authors, overseas readers in Asia are mostly under 35 years old, and the post-1995 generation is the main force of readers, accounting for over half. Readers from Southeast Asia and South Asia countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and India account for more than 80%. The overseas authors who localize their works in Asia are mainly between 25 and 40 years old, with the post-1980s generation as the main force, and women accounting for nearly 70%.