General

The German Book Information Centre Beijing (BIZ)
Open up the Chinese market with our network.
Your contact for business in China
The German Book Information Centre Beijing has been operating as the overseas representative office of Frankfurter Buchmesse since 1998. It is the central contact and information point for the German and Chinese book industries and it provides numerous services for professionals in the content and publishing industry. We are your trusted partner when it comes to all aspects of the German and Chinese book sector.
How you can benefit from us
- Get information about German books on the Chinese market.
- We promote and communicate information about German publishing houses to the Chinese book industry.
- We prepare information about Chinese publishing houses for the German book industry.
- We maintain a vivid German – Chinese translator network and support translators.
- We support Chinese exhibitors at Frankfurter Buchmesse.
- We organise exhibitions of German books at Asian book fairs.
A snap shot of our life in Beijing



Our activities
The Book Information Centre has a dual mission, combining economic interests with a cultural and political vocation. All this with the aim of increasing the mutual transparency of the book industry in both countries and thus strengthening German-Chinese cooperation. With the ultimate goal of benefiting all Chinese and German publishers, authors and translators.
STORYDRIVE: The All-Media-Conference of the Book Information Centre (BIZ)
Further resources and reports on the Chinese book market
China Publishing & Media Journal
Online and offline, the BIZ works with numerous media partners, such as the China Publishing and Media Journal and the trade magazine China Publishers. In 2019, the China Publishing and Media Journal published an English-language special supplement on Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Online and offline, the BIZ works with numerous media partners, such as the China Publishing and Media Journal and the trade magazine China Publishers. In 2019, the China Publishing and Media Journal published an English-language special supplement on Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Here you can download the report of the China Publishing and Media Journal.
China Publishers
The trade magazine China Publishers also published an English-language special supplement on Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019
The trade magazine China Publishers also published an English-language special supplement on Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019
Here you can download China Publishers ' report.
In a nutshell
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