Provisional Rules on Structural Reform in Book Distribution

Note: The original text of this document is: “Central Propaganda Department and Administration of Press and Publications Some Opinions concerning the Present Book Distribution Structure Reform”.

1 April 1988, Central Propaganda Department, Administration of Press and Publications

On the basis of the spirit of the 13th Party Congress, book distribution work must further liberate thoughts, further open up and become further vitalized, in order to push distribution structure reform towards a new phase.

Provisional Rules on Publishing House Reform

Since the 3rd Plenum of the 11th Party Congress, our country’s publishers have rapidly recovered and developed At present, there are more than 460 publishers in our country regional distribution is relatively widespread, they are largely complete in specialization categories, and the main body of publisher distribution has been largely completed. At present, the main tasks are conducting reform and striving to run the existing publishers well.