Beijing Book Fair 2013 From Jan. 1; Over 650 Publishers to Participate

The 2013 Beijing Book Fair will open on Jan. 11, 2013 featuring 500,000 books by over 650 publishers, including more than 60 overseas publishers including from India.

More than 3,500 book stores and government procurement agencies from both home and abroad will also attend the fair.

Nearly 40 purchasers are from outside the Chinese mainland, including the US, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, Canada, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The fair will be staged in an exhibition venue of 50,410 square meters in the China International Exhibition Center.