A center for exchanging publications across the Taiwan Straits
was established in Beijing in August, the center announced at a
news conference Thursday.
The center, aiming to promote cross-Straits exchange,
cooperation and development of the publishing industries on both
sides, is a non-governmental institution, with its office located
in the Beijing-based Jiuzhou Publishing House, which was
established in 1993.
The central job of the center is to enhance information exchange
and copyright trade, promote both sides of the Straits to share
good publications and develop cooperative items for publishing
industries of the two sides.
The center will also offer related services between the mainland
and Taiwan, especially on the mainland's policies, regulations and
information on publication for publishers in Taiwan.
"The center can play an important role in promoting the exchange
and cooperation of publishers across the Straits and making a
closer relationship between the two sides," said Zhang Mingqing,
assistant director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council.
Xu Shangding, head of the center, said only if they complement
their advantages can the publishing industries across the Straits,
even the worldwide Chinese publishing markets, resist the impact
brought by the two sides' entry into the World Trade
Organization.
(People's Daily September 19, 2003)