Foreign Languages Press

Publishing house located in China

This article is about the Chinese publisher. For similarly-named publishers, see Foreign Languages Publishing House (disambiguation).

Foreign Languages Press

Parent company| China International Publishing Group
Founded| 1952; 73 years ago (1952)
Country of origin| China
Official website| www.flp.com.cn

Foreign Languages Press is a government 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.[citation needed]

## History

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At its founding, Foreign Languages Press was part of China's International News Bureau.[1]: 77  The purpose of establishing Foreign Languages Press was to increase international distribution of material for foreign readers, particularly to the non-socialist countries.[1]: 77  In 1952, it was re-organized under the Publicity Department.[1]: 77–78

Foreign Languages Press started publications including China Pictorial, People's China, China Reconstructs, and Peking Review.[1]: 79  It also published the journal Chinese Literature, which focused on translations of classics by May Fourth authors, socialist realists, and Stalin Prize winners.[1]: 80

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.[2][3] Among the May Fourth authors whose works Foreign Language Press translated were: Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, and Ding Ling.[1]: 81

In 1967, Foreign Languages Press began publishing Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong in Albanian.[4]: 167

## See also

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* Foreign Languages Publishing House (Soviet Union), Moscow – similar publisher in Soviet Union
* Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea), Pyongyang – similar publisher in North Korea
* Foreign Languages Publishing House (Vietnam), Hanoi – similar publisher in Vietnam which is now known as Thế Giới Publishers

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Xu, Lanjun (2013). "Translation and Internationalism". In Cook, Alexander C. (ed.). Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05722-7.
2. ^ "Gladys Yang". The Guardian. 1999-11-24. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
3. ^ Michael Donohue, "The expatriate", The National (Abu Dhabi), 14 August 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
4. ^ Mëhilli, Elidor (2013). "Mao and the Albanians". In Cook, Alexander C. (ed.). Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05722-7.

## External links

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* Official website
* Archival links of Foreign Languages Press at The Internet Archive in the US

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Universities
and colleges

| North|

* Beijing Foreign Studies University
* Beijing International Studies University
* University of International Business and Economics
* China Foreign Affairs University
* China University of Political Science and Law
* Capital Normal University
* Peking University School of Software and Microelectronics
* Beijing-U.S.A. College of English

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East|

* Shanghai International Studies University
* Tongji University
* University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
* Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
* Qufu Normal University
* Zhejiang University of Technology
* Xiamen University of Technology

Northeast|

* Heilongjiang University
* Dalian Maritime University
* Harbin Normal University
* Mudanjiang Normal College

Northwestern|

* Northwest Normal University

South Central|

* Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
* Shenzhen University
* Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Southwestern|

* Sichuan International Studies University

Corporations|

Publishing
houses

* Central Compilation and Translation Bureau (CCTB)
* The Commercial Press
* Foreign Languages Press
* Sinolingua
* China Translation & Publishing Corporation
* China International Book Trading Corporation
* Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press
* Shanghai Translation Publishing House
* People's Literature Publishing House
* Foreign Literature Publishing House

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Media and
comminication

* Chinese Foreign Ministry (Translation and Interpretation Department)
* Qiushi Journal (CCTB affiliation)
* China International Publishing Group (CIPG)
* Beijing Review
* China Pictorial
* China Report
* China Today
* People's China
* Global Times
* Shanghai Daily

Arts|

* National Centre for the Performing Arts
* China Film Group Corporation

Technology|

* Huawei
* Microsoft China
* NetEase Youdao
* STAR Software (Shanghai)
* China Internet Information Center
* China Science and Technology Exchange Center (CSTEC)
* China Patent Information Center
* China Institute of Nuclear Information and Economics
* China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies
* TEDA Administrative Commission

Affiliations
and alliances

* IFT
* CIUTI
* EUATC
* ATA
* AIIC
* ALCUS
* IMIA
* Multilingual Computing
* Common Sense Advisory
* Proz.com

Notable people|

* Li Zhaoxing
* Zhu Guangqian
* Qian Zhongshu
* Ji Xianlin
* Ba Jin
* Xie Bingxin
* Yang Jiang
* Bian Zhilin
* Lv Shuxiang

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Japan
* Australia
* Portugal
* Norway
* Latvia
* Poland
* Israel

Academics|

* CiNii

Other|

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