Chinese People's Liberation Army Press
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Press (PLA Press, simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军出版社; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍出版社; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Chūbǎnshè), located in Beijing, is a comprehensive publishing house under the Chinese People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center.[1][2]
The PLA Press is the largest military publishing house in China. Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao had written book titles and publishing names for the publishing house, or had important works and books published there. The publishing house has four brands: the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Press", the "PLA Literature and Art Publishing House", the "Kunlun Publishing House", and the "Changhong Publishing Company".[2][3][4]
History
[edit]In June 1948, the "Fourth Bureau of the CPC Central Military Commission" was established.[2][1]
In June 1950, The Fourth Bureau was renamed the "Military Publishing Bureau of the Military Training Department of the General Staff". In July 1952, The Publishing Bureau was renamed the "Military Publishing Bureau of the General Staff". On April 21, 1955, it was renamed the "Military Publishing Department of the General Training Management". On December 11, 1958, it was renamed the "Military Publishing Department of the General Staff". On January 18, 1963, it was renamed as the "General Staff Publishing Bureau".[5]
In December 1966, the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Soldiers Publishing House" was established by merging the General Staff Publishing Bureau and the General Political Department's "Sparks of Fire" editorial department and the editorial team of the literary and art series. In December 1983, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Soldiers Publishing House was renamed the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House".[4][6][1]
In June 1951, the "Liberation Army Literature and Art" magazine was founded. After the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, the magazine was discontinued. In 1972, "Liberation Army Literature and Art" was resumed and the PLA Literature and Art editorial office was established. In 1983, the PLA Literature and Art editorial office was renamed the PLA Literature and Art Publishing House. In 1984, the PLA Literature and Art Publishing House registered and started using the "Kunlun Publishing House" brand.[5]
In September 1992, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House and the PLA Literature and Art Publishing House merged into the Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House. In February 1994, the two publishing houses were restored. In October 2003, the two were merged again to form the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Press".[4][5]
In 2009, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Press was rated as a first-class publishing house and one of the top 100 book publishing units in the country by the General Administration of Press and Publication.[1][7][8]
In 2018, the former PLA Television Propaganda Center, the Central Military Commission Political Work Department Network Center, the PLA Press, the PLA Newspaper and other units were merged to form the PLA News and Communication Center. The People's Liberation Army Press got the full name of the "People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center Press". The former PLA Audio-Visual Publishing House was transferred to the PLA News and Communication Center Press.[9][10][1][5]
Publication areas
[edit]Chinese People's Liberation Army Press publishes books and audio video products on military, culture, politics and army education.[7][1] The books "Sparks Spreading Across the Prairie", "Bitter Cabbage Flowers", "Guardians Behind Enemy Lines", and "Drawing the Sword", etc. have produced large historical influence in China.[1][2]
Magazines
[edit]Chinese People's Liberation Army Press publishes three magazines: "PLA Literature and Art", "PLA Life" and "Party’s Life in the Army".[1][7]
- PLA Literature and Art: Founded in 1951. Managed by the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the PLA, and hosted by the PLA Press.[11] After the deepening of the national defense and military reform in 2016, it was changed to be supervised by the Propaganda Bureau of the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission and sponsored by the PLA Press.[12][3]
- PLA Life: Founded in 1985. Under the supervision of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army and sponsored by the PLA Press. It is the only comprehensive monthly magazine in the entire army that mainly reflects the life of the army and soldiers.[13] After the deepening of the national defense and military reform in 2016, it was changed to be sponsored by the PLA Press.[12]
- Party’s Life in the Army: Trial issue on December 9, 2007, officially launched in January 2008. Managed by the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the PLA, guided by the Organization Department of the General Political Department of the PLA, and hosted by the PLA Press. It is the only party-building magazine in the entire army that is open to the public inside and outside the military.[14][15] After the deepening of the reform of national defense and the military in 2016, it was changed to be managed by the Propaganda Bureau of the Central Military Commission Political Work Department and hosted by the PLA Press.[12]
Honours
[edit]The books published by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Press have won many important awards such as the "Five One Project" Award of the Central Propaganda Department, the China Book Award, the Mao Dun Literature Award, and the Lu Xun Literature Award. The magazines sponsored by the publishing house have won the China National Journal Award.[1][7] More than 500 books and audio-visual products have won various national and military awards.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "中国人民解放军新闻传播中心出版社 (the Chinese People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center Press)" (in Chinese). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ a b c d e "解放軍出版社 (Liberation Army Press)". 中华人民共和国国防部 (Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China). 2014-09-12. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^ a b "解放军文艺出版社 (PLA Literature and Art Publishing House)". Xueshu.com. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ a b c Li Anming (2007). "立足军队 面向全国 为国防现代化建设服务——记全军最大的综合性出版社解放军出版社 (Based on the military, facing the whole country, serving the modernization of national defense - Recording the PLA Press, the largest comprehensive publishing house in the whole army)". 中国出版 (China Publishing) (8): 20–22.
- ^ a b c d "历史沿革 (History)" (in Chinese). Chinese People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center Press.
- ^ "一个人和一部书的精神世界 (The spiritual world of a person and a book)". 光明网 (Guangming.net). 2008-09-05. Archived from the original on 2013-05-28. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ a b c d "About us" (in Chinese). Chinese People's Liberation Army News and Communication Center Press. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ^ "国家一级出版社（全国百佳图书出版单位）名单 (List of National First-Class Publishing Houses (Top 100 Book Publishing Units in China))" (in Chinese). ChinaShukan. 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
- ^ Ding Haiming (2018-06-20). "军队媒体人有一个"强网梦" ( Military media people have a "strong network dream")". People's Daily Online. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ^ "当军校遇上诗歌：谁说咱当兵的人没有诗情画意 (When military academy meets poetry: Who says that we soldiers don't have poetic sentiments?)". 中国军网 (China Military Network). 2018-06-12. Archived from the original on 2018-08-11. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
- ^ "解放军文艺 (PLA Literature and Art )". 人民网 (People's Daily Online). Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ^ a b c "军迷福利！25种精品主流军事报刊亮相武汉刊博会 (Welfare for military fans! 25 kinds of high-quality mainstream military newspapers and periodicals appeared at Wuhan Newspaper Expo )". 网易 (NetEase). 2016-09-25. Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "解放军生活 (Life in the People's Liberation Army)". 人民网 (People's Daily Online). Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
- ^ "《军队党的生活》杂志即将创刊 (The magazine "Party's Life in the Army" is about to be launched)". Xinhuanet. 2007-12-11. Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
- ^ "军队党的生活 (Party's Life in the Army)". 人民网 (People's Daily Online). Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2017-02-24.