People's Medical Publishing House


The '''People's Medical Publishing House, located in Beijing, is the largest medical publishing company in China, producing over 4000 titles of publications per year. It was founded in 1953, and is now under the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, majoring in editing and publishing books, journals and e-products in both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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History

People's Medical Publishing House was established on June 1, 1953. In the early years, it translated and published a large number of Russian textbooks and references.
Since 1994, it focused on medical textbooks, monographs and reference books, of both western and Chinese traditional medicine.
In 2000, PMPH was privatized, though still receiving general approval for its operations from the government.
In 2008, PMPH acquired BC Decker, a Canadian medical publisher, and established a branch in the United States.
In 2016, PMPH became a group company.

Publications

PMPH publishes more than 1,500 new titles and reprints 4,000 existing titles every year, including medical textbooks, academic monographs, popular science books, medical journals, multilingual books and e-products, in both western and traditional Chinese medicine. Among them there are many popular books in China, such as ，,,,,《本草纲要》, etc. The ISBN of PMPH starts with "978-7-117".
PMPH-USA translates and publishes clinical references, textbooks, eBooks, and online materials for medical sciences and practices.

International cooperation

In June, 2013, PMPH signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Elsevier to deepen and expand their collaboration from translating books to authoring books and developing information products, as well as distributing products.
In 2007, PMPH entered into a strategic alliance with the American Psychiatric Association.
PMPH also has collaboration with Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students.

Honors

PMPH has owned various awards, including
  • First-Class Publishing House.
  • The title of “First Advanced Collective in National Textbook Construction”.
  • China Good Book and National Excellent Textbook Award.