Language Press


Language Press, formerly the Chinese Character Reform Press, is a publishing company in the People's Republic of China. Its business includes educational publishing, dictionary and academic works publishing, popular culture book publishing and digital publishing.

History

In 1956, the Chinese Character Reform Press was established directly under the Chinese Character Reform Committee. It was the only professional language publishing house in the country. Its early stage presidents included Hu Yuzhi and Lu Shuxiang. In 1980, the publishing house was renamed Language Press.
In 2000, it merged with Language Audio-visual Publishing House and Language Newspaper and Periodical Press to form the new Language Press; in 2010, it became a member unit of China Education Publishing and Media Group Co., Ltd under the Ministry of Education.
The company published the first batch of Chinese Pinyin reading materials in China, the first "General List of Simplified Chinese Characters", the first textbook on Chinese dialects "Outline of Chinese Dialects", and the first dictionary to strictly implement the national language and writing standards the "Standard Dictionary of Modern Chinese Application", etc.

Publishing areas

The company majors in language and education. The main publishing areas include:
educational publishing such as preschool education, primary and secondary school Chinese education, vocational education, etc.; professional publishing such as dictionaries, normative standards and academic works; and popular publishing such as traditional culture and social culture.

Subsidiaries

The Subsidiaries include:
  • "Language and Characters Newspaper" ；
  • "Language Construction" magazine ;
  • Chinese Language Bookstore.