About the author

Chen Xin, born in 1952 in Yin County, Zhejiang, is a senior editor and a well-known publisher and publishing economist. He has long worked in the publishing industry, having served as editor-in-chief of Shanghai Joint Publishing Company, president and editor-in-chief of Shanghai People's Publishing House, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Press and Publication Bureau, and president of Shanghai Century Publishing Group. He has planned and edited more than 30 book series, including the Contemporary Economics Series and the Century Humanities Series, and is the author of over ten works, such as Research on Publishing Economics and Recollections of Publishing. He received the Outstanding Publishing Figure Award at the first China Publishing Government Awards. Seven of his works are included here, spanning parenting, culture, food, biography, and language, including guides on child safety and parent-child communication, reflections on editing and publishing, practical books on growing wild vegetables and indoor flowers, and a biography of Ouyang Ziyuan. His writing is practical and approachable, balancing professional insight with readability.

Written (7)

Rating 3.8★ A Step-by-Step Guide to Happily Growing Wild Vegetables Chen Xin Xiyuan Publishing House · 2023 Hands-On Guide to Happily Growing Wild Vegetables summarizes 21 easy-to-grow, easy-to-keep wild vegetables for readers, focusing on their historical o… Rating 3.6★ The Best Parent-Child Chat Techniques: Make Him (Her) Better Than You Chen Xin Gold Wall Press · 2023 Conversation is a profound art. How can we strengthen the parent-child bond and communicate in ways that bring out the best in our children? Edited by… Rating 3.5★ Step by Step: Growing Happy Flowers at Home Chen Xin Xiyuan Publishing House · 2023 Divided into three sections, *Hands-On Guide to Growing Happy Houseplants* selects more than seventy popular, home-friendly flowering plant varieties … Rating 3.7★ Talks of the Editor-in-Chief Chen Xin Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2022 Society keeps reinventing itself, yet what editors strive for never goes out of date. Reflections of an Editor-in-Chief is a short book by Chen Xin, f… Rating 3.9★ Child Safety 120: 120 Self-Protection Methods (Comic Edition) Chen Xin Publishing House of Electronics Industry · 2021 This book categorizes and explains the various accidental injuries children may encounter in daily life, covering ten major life scenarios including c… Rating 3.9★ Ideals at the Tidal Crest: For Young Editors Chen Xin Shanghai People's Publishing House · 2021 When a young person steps into publishing, what kind of career it becomes depends on the convictions they hold. Chen Xin lived through publishing's be… Rating 3.8★ Reaching for the Sky and the Moon: The Biography of Ouyang Ziyuan 澜涛 / Chen Xin Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2015 From an inexperienced youth to a master of lunar exploration, from the earth to the moon—every step of Ouyang Ziyuan's long journey of discovery was b…

Publishers

Shanghai People's Publishing HouseJiangsu People's Publishing HousePublishing House of Electronics IndustryXiyuan Publishing HouseGold Wall Press