BEA will welcome China as the featured country and Guest of Honor for the 2015 Global Market Forum Program. 2015 also is the year of the Sheep in Chinese astrology. The Sheep is a symbol of Peace, Harmonious co-existence and Tranquility. The Sheep is fittingly the symbol of the Arts.
The year of the Sheep provides inspiring and positive characteristics that align with our vision for the 2015 GMF. Planning is reaching full tilt for what will be an extraordinary event. There has never been anything like what is being planned by the Chinese that has happened previously in the US. The 2015 GMF will create scores of mutually beneficial business opportunities while opening the door to Chinese culture: bringing more than 100 publishers, 500 publishing professionals and 100+ of the leading Chinese writers.
The purpose and intent of BEA's Global Market Forum is to foster exchange that benefits the country of honor in equal measures with the traditional stakeholders of BEA. In preparation BEA organized a professional delegation that traveled to the recent Beijing International Book Fair. The AAP International Committee and the ABA were instrumental in their assistance. There were editors from Princeton, MIT and John Hopkins University Press along with current ABA President Steve Bercu. We were hosted by the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation - better known as CNPIEC, who created a robust schedule for our delegation to get acquainted with the opportunities at BIBF, to gain an understanding of the publishing landscape in China and create opportunities to connect directly with Chinese publishers. Summarizing some of the results:
Thanks to Steve Bercu, I can share some great photos from our trip to Beijing International Book Fair.
The US Delegation and our hosts from CNPIEC
Dinner with CNPIEC
Ginger Miller absorbing some local culture
Sights from a local neighborhood
The Great Hall of the People
Mr. Bercu looking great!
The year of the Sheep provides inspiring and positive characteristics that align with our vision for the 2015 GMF. Planning is reaching full tilt for what will be an extraordinary event. There has never been anything like what is being planned by the Chinese that has happened previously in the US. The 2015 GMF will create scores of mutually beneficial business opportunities while opening the door to Chinese culture: bringing more than 100 publishers, 500 publishing professionals and 100+ of the leading Chinese writers.
The purpose and intent of BEA's Global Market Forum is to foster exchange that benefits the country of honor in equal measures with the traditional stakeholders of BEA. In preparation BEA organized a professional delegation that traveled to the recent Beijing International Book Fair. The AAP International Committee and the ABA were instrumental in their assistance. There were editors from Princeton, MIT and John Hopkins University Press along with current ABA President Steve Bercu. We were hosted by the China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corporation - better known as CNPIEC, who created a robust schedule for our delegation to get acquainted with the opportunities at BIBF, to gain an understanding of the publishing landscape in China and create opportunities to connect directly with Chinese publishers. Summarizing some of the results:
- The BIBF Publishing Forum shed light on Chinese government policy with regard to publishing and provided insights from senior publishing leaders (CUPP, Elsevier) who shared their extensive experience in China
- Meetings at BIBF with Chinese publishers established direct contacts for potential rights sales
- Invaluable and meaningful connections with key staff of CNPIEC.
- CNPIEC also provided unique and unvarnished insights in understanding the Chinese institutional market that would have taken years and multiple trips to glean without the benefit of this delegation.
Thanks to Steve Bercu, I can share some great photos from our trip to Beijing International Book Fair.
The US Delegation and our hosts from CNPIEC
Sights at BIBF 
This is what dinner looked like on most nights and it was fantastic!
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