This year's Beijing Book Fair will kick off on Friday with more than 200 bookstores and publishing houses hosting events at Chaoyang Park and 67 other venues throughout 16 districts of the capital and the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the publishing industry in China encountered a lot of difficulties in the past three years. However, as the bellwether of the publishing industry in China, the 35th Beijing Book Fair, postponed three times since 2021, saw a record number of visitors during its run from Feb 24-26, heralding, like spring, the green shoots of recovery for the industry in 2023.