China and Russia signed the largest deal in Sino-Russian
publishing trade history on Friday to boost cultural exchanges
between the two countries.
The Copyright Agency of China and Phoenix Publishing of Russia
signed a deal at the Conference on International Copyright
Cooperation in Changsha,
Hunan Province, that Russia will import 75 varieties of Chinese
books.
The deal was part of the Year of
Russia in China, according to sources with the Copyright Agency
of China.
The 75 books included volumes on Confucius, Taoism and
Buddhismand other aspects of traditional Chinese culture.
Valdman Leonid, head of Phoenix Publishing, said the publishing
house would complete publication of the books in two years.
He said the company had imported more than 100 Chinese books and
hoped to enhance exchanges and cooperation in copyright trade with
China.
Europe and the United States are the main sources of imported
books in Russia, but Valdman believed more Chinese books would be
published because "Russian readers are more interested in Chinese
culture."
(Xinhua News Agency May 13, 2006)