China International Communications Group
China International Communications Group (CICG) is a foreign-language publishing and communications organization headquartered in Beijing, China, and owned and operated by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1] Established in October 1949 as the China International Publishing Group, it has developed into a global media corporation.[2]
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| Parent company | Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party |
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| Status | Active |
| Founded | January 1949 |
| Founder | Soong Ching-ling |
| Country of origin | China |
| Headquarters location | Beijing |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Key people | Du Zhanyuan (Director) |
| Publication types | Books, magazines and periodicals |
| Official website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國國際出版集團 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国国际出版集团 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Guójì Chūbǎn Jítuán | ||||||
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| China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國外文出版發行事業局 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国外文出版发行事业局 | ||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Wàiwén Chūbǎn Fāxíng Shìyèjú | ||||||
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Organization
editCICG owns seven subordinate publishing houses, i.e. Foreign Languages Press, New World Press, Morning Glory Publishers, Sinolingua, China Pictorial Publishing House, Dolphin Books, and New Star Publishers.[3][4] The organization annually publishes over 3,000 titles of books and around 50 journals in more than 10 languages.[5] Notable periodicals include Beijing Review, China Today, China Pictorial, People’s China, and China Report.[4] Its subsidiary, the China International Book Trading Corporation, is in charge of the distribution.[4][6]
It also runs 20 overseas branches in countries and regions, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Egypt, Mexico, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,[4] with about 3,000 staff members, including around 100 foreign workers.[5]
In addition to publishing, CICG operates the China Internet Information Center.[7] It is also responsible for the implementation and management of the national translation test and appraisal for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.[4]
Employees
editProminent people who have worked in the CICG include Nobel Literature Prize-winning novelist and playwright Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize-nominated poet Bei Dao, actor and politician Ying Ruocheng (known for his role in the Oscar-winning The Last Emperor), translators Yang Xianyi and Ye Junjian, author Xiao Qian, non-fiction novel writer Xu Chi, cartoonist Ding Cong, former Chinese Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua, and former UN Undersecretary General (1972–1979) Tang Mingzhao.[citation needed]
Several foreign employees have also gained notoriety, including the pseudonymous author "Alex Hill," whose account of working as a foreign editor for the organization was widely read in 2015.[8] In his account, the author writes of feckless bureaucracy, political correctness, and a general feeling of malaise among the many foreigners working in the compound.[8]
References
edit- ^ "机构简介 _中国外文出版发行事业局". cicg.org.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ Hamilton, Clive; Ohlberg, Mareike (2020-09-03). Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World. Simon and Schuster. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-78607-784-4.
- ^ Shambaugh, David (2013-03-07). China Goes Global: The Partial Power. OUP USA. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-19-986014-2. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ a b c d e "China International Publishing Group". China Internet Information Center. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ a b "China International Publishing Group". The London Book Fair. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "China International Book Trading Corporation". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "China International Publishing Group". China Book International. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ a b "My life as a communist party stooge". Vice News. 2015-02-25. Archived from the original on 2015-07-30. Retrieved July 30, 2015.