Foreign Languages Press

Foreign Languages Press
Parent company	China Foreign Languages Publication and Distribution Administration
Founded	1952; 72 years ago
Country of origin	China
Official website	www.flp.com.cn

Foreign Languages Press is a publishing house located in China.

Based in Beijing, it was founded in 1952 and currently forms part of the China International Publishing Group, which is owned and controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

The press publishes books on a wide range of topics in eighteen languages spoken primarily outside China. Much of its output is aimed at the international community – its 1960s editions of works by Marx and Lenin are still widely circulated – but it also publishes some material aimed at foreign language students within China.

Beginning in the 1950s many works of classical and modern Chinese literature were translated into English by translators such as Gladys Yang, Yang Xianyi and Sidney Shapiro.^[1]^[2]

As of 2008, the house had published over 30,000 titles in a total of 43 languages.

Book series

English language titles

Ancient Towns Around Shanghai
China Handbook Series
China Knowledge Series
China Society for People's Friendship Studies
China Sports Series
China Travel Kit Series
China's Nationalities Series
Chinese Health Qigong Series
Chinese Language Library
Chinese Wushu Series
The Culture & Civilization of China
Echos from the Classics
From Emperor to Citizen, The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
History of Modern China Series
How To Series
Library of Chinese Classics
Light on China Series^[3]^[4]
Modern Chinese Literature Library
Monkey Series
Panda Series
Picture Story Series
Studies on the Chinese Market Economy Series
Ten Minutes Series
Traditional Chinese Therapeutic Exercises and Techniques

French language titles

Contes populaires chinois
Connaissance de la Chine
Histoire moderne de Chine
Le roi des singes

References

^ Delia Davin, "Gladys Yang", The Guardian, 24 November 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ Michael Donohue, "The expatriate", The National (Abu Dhabi), 14 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ Light on China: Published in English, china.org.cn. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ Light on China (Foreign Languages Press) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

External links

Official website
Archival links of Foreign Languages Press at The Internet Archive in the US
Foreign Languages Press – company description, history and contact details
Foreign Languages Press Celebrates 50th Anniversary, at China Internet Information Center
Foreign Languages Press, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in India

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[1] Delia Davin, "Gladys Yang", The Guardian, 24 November 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[2] Michael Donohue, "The expatriate", The National (Abu Dhabi), 14 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[3] Light on China: Published in English, china.org.cn. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[4] Light on China (Foreign Languages Press) – Book Series List, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

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