Abstract
This article reviews and analyzes the brief history of the Non-state-owned Book Industry on the Mainland of P. R. China since 1949, which is divided into two stages by the year of 1980. The first phase is a restriction period and the second one is an encouragement period. The article focuses especially on the 3 steps of the second stage, namely: firstly, Non-state-owned enterprises was permitted to enter the book retailing sector in 1980; secondly, Second level wholesale right could be delegated to privately-owned enterprises in 1988; thirdly, general distribution right and the chain bookstores operation right were opened up to the Non-state-owned enterprises.
Keywords: | P. R. China; book industry; publishing industry; book distribution industry; publishing history |
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