The 29th Beijing International Book Fair will kick off on Thursday, with approximately 900 overseas exhibitors accounting for 60 percent of participants. Around 1,500 publishing houses and institutions from 56 countries and regions will bring more than 200,000 titles to this year's fair that runs through to June 18. In 2018, China joined the Algiers International Book Fair as a Guest of Honor. The ambassador adds that his country plans to donate 1,769 copies of books to Chinese cultural institutions, universities and libraries afterward. Apart from traditionally highlighted exhibitions on picture books, food books and illustrations, a newly launched art book exhibition, themed "Photosynthesis", will be showing more than 2,000 art books.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 10, 2023 09:30 UTC