Situated by the Lijiang River in Guilin, Lijiang Publishing House is a provincial-level publisher of Chinese and foreign literature, tourist and cultural books. Since its establishment in 1980, Lijiang Publishing House had served as a subtitle of Guangxi People’s Publishing House until 1985, when it was moved to Guilin and became a separate entity.

　　Over the past 21 years, the Publishing House has produced 2,860 titles. It first established its presence in China’s publishing sector with world literature publications. It then arrested public attention by art works. Its success continued as it moved into publishing Chinese literature.

　　Its successes include Nobel Literature Laureates series, Foreign Literary Classics series, Twentieth Century French Literature series, Foreign Human Body Art series, Pearl Buck collection, A Complete Guide to Chinese and Foreign Prose Poems, The Danzig Trilogy, Collection of the Year series, Romance of the Guangxi Warlords, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, The Account of Jindou, Heaven and Earth, Les Fleurs du Mal, Liu Yong and Liu Xuan series, How the Steel was Tempered, The Gadfly, and the series of Contemporary Guangxi Ethnic Minority Writers.

　　The Publishing House has published an array of national award-winning books, such as Reader’s Guide to “Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio” (nomination for the National Publication Award); The Ocean of Poetry, A Million of Why’s in Social Sciences and A Dictionary of China’s Cultural and Historical Relics (all First Prize winners of China Publication Award); Men of Maize, Yasunari Kawabata collection and Higashiyama Kaii collection (all First Prize winners of the National Award for the Best Foreign Literature Publications). There are also a large number of titles winning the Best Guangxi-Published Books Award of Guangxi People’s Government and other provincial/ministerial-level awards.

　　For its outstanding achievements in the publishing field, Lijiang Publishing House was awarded a “National Good Publisher” merit by the State Press and Publication Administration in 2000. It is also a “National Model in International Copyright Trade”.

　　Since China became a member state of Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention, the Publishing House has scored remarkable progress in co-publishing programs with foreign counterparts. It has obtained more than 200 licenses from foreign publishers, the total release exceeding 4,000,000 copies. Lijiang Publishing House has established copyright trading relationship with over 30 countries and regions in the world. It has the right to publish in Chinese language some world-famous writers such as Gunter Grass, Marguerite Duras, Thomas Mann and Ethel Lilian Voynich. The Publishing House has also exported licenses of more than 100 books.

　　　　Part of the imported license list:
　　　　The Danzig Trilogy (three titles)
　　　　Yasunari Kawabata collection (ten titles)
　　　　Higashiyama Kaii collection (five titles)
　　　　Liu Yong and Liu Xuan series (16 titles)
　　　　Marguerite Duras series (four titles)
　　　　White Bear series (ten titles)
　　　　Parents and Children series (16 titles)
　　　　Cancer Ward
　　　　The Gadfly
　　　　The Magic Mountain
　　　　La Route des Flandres
　　　　On the Road
　　　　Selected Poems by Allen Ginsberg
　　　　Wu Danru series (15 titles)

　　　　Part of the exported license list:
　　　　Reader's Guide to "Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio"
　　　　A Million of Why's in Social Sciences (16 titles)
　　　　Guide to China's Cultural and Historical Relics (ten titles)
　　　　The Danzig Trilogy (three titles)
　　　　Nobel Literature Laureates series (20 titles)
　　　　Romance of the Guangxi Warlords
　　　　Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
　　　　Past Events at the 38th Parallel

　　　　For copyright trade business, please contact us at the following address:
　　　　159-1 Nanhuan Road, Guilin 541002, China
　　　　Tel: 86 773 2862022
　　　　Fax: 86 773 2802018
　　　　E-mail: ljcbs@public.glptt.gx.cn