第20届北京国际图书博览会

This year's book fair is held with a principal of "introducing excellent books from around the world into China and leading Chinese books to the world."

The 5-day conference focuses on communication among publishers around the world.

Li Yinghong, is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China CITIC Press.

"I think this platform works well, as an international book fair, the conference aims at copyright trading. Through the trade, we can meet publishers from abroad to know about each other's advantages and books. I hope to let more foreigners know about a more abundant and specific China through the books."

Over 2-thousand publishers from around 70 countries and regions are attending this book fair.

Saudi Arabia is participating in this book fair as the Country of Honor.

The Kingdom's exhibition area is about a thousand square meters, making it the biggest exhibit at this year's conference.

Dr. Saleh Alqasoumi is Saudi Arabia's Cultural Attaché at the embassy in China.

"We spent actually more than 1 year to organize Saudi's participation in Beijing Book Fair. We have 13 departments, they reflect the Saudi culture and Saudi heritage. These 13 parts include photography and even the Arabic tent. We translated more than 50 books from the Saudi culture to the Chinese language. This is the biggest translation movement from the beginning relationship of Saudi Arabia and China, and we're happy to participate this biggest book fair in Beijing."

On top of traditional publishing, this year's fair is also focused on digital publishing. Marc Boutet is the CEO of De Marque, a book distributor based in Canada.

"I was excited about the conference and attend the digital conference of program and also its my first time in Beijing, also since it's my first time in Beijing, it's very enjoyable to discover the city, I think it's both interesting business and personal experience for us."

Over the past twenty years, the Beijing International Book Fair has become a major international publishing event in Asia.

Just under 33-hundred contracts have been signed at last year's event, marking an increase of close to 12-percent over the previous year.

For CRI, this is Lucy Du.