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Foreign Languages Press

Also known as: 外文出版社有限责任公司

Founded
1952
Country / Region
China
Notable books
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (Volume I)Stray Birds · The Crescent MoonSelected Works of Lu Xun: Volume Two (French)

303 books 200 authors

About the publisher

Foreign Languages Press, founded in 1952, focuses on publishing works by Chinese leaders, Party and government documents, and government white papers in multiple languages, while also covering literature, social culture, and finance. Representative titles include Stray Birds and The Crescent Moon, Xi Jinping's speeches at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation and at the BRICS Xiamen Summit, Understanding China's Poverty Alleviation, Open China: New Patterns in the New Era, and Factory Girls. Its author resources include Rabindranath Tagore, Zheng Zhenduo, Xi Jinping, Ding Yan, and Zheng Yongnian. The press is characterized by translating Chinese political documents and cultural classics for overseas readers in multiple languages, alongside introducing and exporting literary and academic works. Its catalog centers on inspirational growth, politics, social culture, finance, and literature. Public information is limited; this profile emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the available catalog.

Published (303)

Biography of Panama City: A Bright Pearl of the Sea Linking Continents and Oceans cover
Rating 3.4
Biography of Panama City: A Bright Pearl of the Sea Linking Continents and Oceans 余熙 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 From a small Native American fishing village to a highly strategic international city, Panama City has endured the enslavement of Spanish colonizers, …
Propriety in China cover
Rating 3.4
Propriety in China 李肇星 / 王静云 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 As a key concept in fine traditional Chinese culture, li (rites and propriety) has had an incalculable influence on the civilization history of the Ch…
New Silk Road, New Thinking cover
Rating 3.3
New Silk Road, New Thinking 赵磊 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 Scholars and experts on the Belt and Road Initiative from China and abroad are invited to offer interpretations across a range of themes. Taking "new …
The Belt and Road and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Shared Prosperity, Shared Future cover
Rating 3.3
The Belt and Road and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Shared Prosperity, Shared Future 扎法尔·乌丁·马赫默德 / 法扎尔·乌尔·拉赫曼 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This book focuses on the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor under the joint pursuit of the Belt and Road Initiative, gathering the v…
China at Fingertips: Mobile Internet and Social Change in a Large Developing Country (English Edition) cover
Rating 3.3
China at Fingertips: Mobile Internet and Social Change in a Large Developing Country (English Edition) 马化腾 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 China at Your Fingertips: Mobile Internet and Social Change in a Large Developing Country reveals to readers at home and abroad, from multiple perspec…
A Bewildering World: Selected Micro Fiction of Ling Dingnian (English) cover
Rating 3.3
A Bewildering World: Selected Micro Fiction of Ling Dingnian (English) 凌鼎年 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This collection presents 48 micro-stories by Ling Dingnian. Most are set in Loucheng, a fictional Chinese city described in one of the stories as a "l…
National Grand Theatre (English) cover
Rating 3.2
National Grand Theatre (English) 王宁 / 田瑞雪 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 As China's national center for the performing arts, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) bears an important historical mission and respo…
My Home in China: The China Life of 55 Foreign Friends cover
Rating 3.2
My Home in China: The China Life of 55 Foreign Friends 韦忠和 / 潘泽彬 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 The author team behind this book consists of 55 international friends, some of whom have lived in China for two or three years and others for more tha…
Sun Style Health-Preserving Taijiquan (English) cover
Rating 3.2
Sun Style Health-Preserving Taijiquan (English) 关永年 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 Sun-Style Tai Chi for Health (English)
Propriety in China (English) cover
Rating 3.2
Propriety in China (English) 李肇星 / 王静云 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 As a key concept in China's fine traditional culture, li (rites) has had an immeasurable influence on the history of Chinese civilization, profoundly …
Moody's Notes: Encountering China in the New Era (English) cover
Rating 3.2
Moody's Notes: Encountering China in the New Era (English) 中国日报新时代斯诺工作室 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This book recounts what Andrew Moody, chief correspondent for the overseas edition of China Daily, saw, heard, and thought during his 13-year career a…
My Home in China: The China Life of 55 Foreign Friends (English) cover
Rating 3.2
My Home in China: The China Life of 55 Foreign Friends (English) 韦忠和 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 The authors of this book are 55 foreign friends. Some have lived in China for two or three years, others for more than ten. They come from five contin…
Moody's Notes: Encountering China in the New Era cover
Rating 3.2
Moody's Notes: Encountering China in the New Era 中国日报新时代斯诺工作室 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This book recounts what Andrew Moody, chief correspondent for the overseas edition of China Daily, saw, heard, and thought during his 13-year career a…
China's Success Story cover
Rating 3.2
China's Success Story 罗伯特·菲茨图姆 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 Starting from China's achievements in reform and opening up, this book explores why China has succeeded so remarkably, examining multiple dimensions i…
A Study of the Chinese Translation of Modal Predicates in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure cover
Rating 3.2
A Study of the Chinese Translation of Modal Predicates in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure 吴边 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This book analyzes modal predicates in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and their Chinese translations from the perspectives of English-Chinese contr…
Tides Surging on the Zhijiang: China's Development as Seen in Zhejiang (English) cover
Rating 3.1
Tides Surging on the Zhijiang: China's Development as Seen in Zhejiang (English) David Ferguson Foreign Languages Press · 2026 How can China's story of comprehensively deepening reform be told effectively to the international community? Zhejiang is one of China's pioneering pr…
Forever the 'Mao Zedong' cover
Rating 3.0
Forever the 'Mao Zedong' 李蓉 / 齐中熙 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 “Mao Zedong” is the first locomotive in China named after the great leader Chairman Mao Zedong. Named in 1946, it has spanned 77 years of history, thr…
Trendy Beijing: A Guide to Beijing's Internet-Famous Destinations (Russian) cover
Rating 3.0
Trendy Beijing: A Guide to Beijing's Internet-Famous Destinations (Russian) 北京广播电视台卫视频道中心 / 外文社俄文编译部 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 This book presents a curated selection of Beijing's most popular internet-famous destinations, choosing dozens of classic spots and organizing them ac…
Construction of River Ethics and Chinese Practice (Russian Edition) cover
Rating 3.0
Construction of River Ethics and Chinese Practice (Russian Edition) 中国水利水电科学研究院 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 Rivers play an extremely important role in the course of human civilization and have always been a vital foundation for sustaining human development. …
Construction of River Ethics and Chinese Practice (Arabic Edition) cover
Rating 3.0
Construction of River Ethics and Chinese Practice (Arabic Edition) 中国水利水电科学研究院 Foreign Languages Press · 2026 Rivers play an extremely important role in the progress of human civilization and have always been a vital foundation for sustaining human development…

Frequent authors

Xi Jinping (19)张东刚 (16)刘伟 (13)“一路同行——中国共产党对外交往100个故事”编写组 (9)陆仁 (8)100个词读懂中国共产党与中华民族伟大复兴编写组 (7)《历史与现实:100个词了解新中国》编写组 (6)中华人民共和国科学技术部 (6)Li Junru (6)潘维廉 (6)梁相斌 (5)祝捷 (5)