Reading the future

The event had forums. [Photo by Mei Jia/China Daily]

It will later publish a 60-volume series on Vladimir Lenin and a book entitled Xi Jinping Telling the Stories.

Huangshan Press, Hebei Publishing Group and Anhui Publishing Group released a biography of artist Yan Su, an exemplary Party member, composer and playwright born in Hebei.

The expo featured a special zone dedicated to the Jing-Jin-Ji integration.

The state administration had previously created special publishing zones and environmentally friendly printing bases in Hebei, such as Wuyi county's "Belt and Road" Creative Cultural Industrial Park.

Li Xiaoming, of the Hebei Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, says the province views the integration as a great opportunity to promote its publishing, printing and filmmaking, while making them greener.

Zhu Weifeng, from the state administration's policy-planning department, says the government will improve the industry's structure to advance creativity-driven development.

The Xiong'an New Area concept was announced in April and is detailed by three titles the Hebei Publishing Group revealed at the expo.

The Xiong'an Strategy offers analyses to examine the choice of location, the types of businesses and institutions that will move in and how to seize the opportunities the strategy offers, the group's president Du Jinqing says.

Hebei Publishing's other two books on Xiong'an focus on history, geography and culture.

The expo also hosted the 10th China National Readers Festival.