Zhonghua Book Company(simplified Chinese:Trung hoa thư cục hữu hạn công tư;traditional Chinese:Trung hoa thư cục hữu hạn công tư;pinyin:Zhōnghuá Shūjú Yoǔxìan Gōngsī), formerly spelledChunghwaorChung-hua Shu-chü,and sometimes translated asZhonghua Publishing House,are Chinese publishing houses that focuses on thehumanities,especially classical Chinese works. Currently it has split into a few separate companies. The main headquarters is inBeijing,whileChung Hwa Book (Hong Kong)is headquartered in Hong Kong. The Taiwan branch is headquartered in Taipei.
The company was founded in Shanghai on 1 January 1912 as the Chung Hwa Book Co., Ltd. (Thượng hải trung hoa thư cục hữu hạn công tư) byLufei Kui,a former manager of theCommercial Press,another Shanghai-based publisher that had been established in 1897. From the year of its foundation to the birth of thePeople's Republic of Chinain 1949, it published about 5,700 titles, excluding reprints.[1]
The Chung Hwa Book Co., Ltd. was one of the companies that printed banknotes for the Central Bank of China from 1931 to 1949.[2]
Zhonghua's punctuated editions of theTwenty-Four Historieshave become standard. The publishing project, which started in 1959 on a suggestion byMao Zedong,was completed in 1977. A revised edition of the entire set integrating the most recent scholarship on theHistoriesis being prepared.[3]
On December 19, 2011, The China Publishing and Media Holdings Company (Trung quốc xuất bản truyện môi cổ phân hữu hạn công tư) was founded to become the parent company of the Zhonghua Book Company.[4]
Shanghai Zhonghua Printing Co., Ltd. (Thượng hải trung hoa ấn xoát hữu hạn công tư): Originally established in 1912 as Chung Hwa Book Co., Shanghai (Trung hoa thư cục ấn xoát sở). In 1966, it was renamed to Zhonghua Printing Factory (Thượng hải trung hoa ấn xoát hán). In 1988, it was changed into a limited liability company according to the Company Law of the People's Republic of China in 1998. In 2008, Shanghai Zhonghua Printing Co., Ltd. was moved to Qingpu Industrial Park.[5][6]
Central Bank of China 100,000 Gold Yuan 1949 printed by Chung Hwa Book Co., Ltd.Reverse with Chung Hwa Book Co., Ltd. at bottom centreChung Hwa Book Company, Limited (Đài loan trung hoa thư cục cổ phân hữu hạn công tư): Originally established in 1945 in Taipei, Taiwan. In August 1949, the Chung Hwa Book's Shanghai headquarter was relocated to Taipei. Chung Hwa Book Company, Limited (Trung hoa thư cục cổ phân hữu hạn công tư) was registered in Hong Kong in 1949-01-20. The Taiwan headquarters was officially separated from the Chung Hwa Book operations in PRC in 1950-10-08. The Taiwanese company was later registered in 1951 in Taiwan, and renamed to Chung Hwa Book Company, Limited (Đài loan trung hoa thư cục cổ phân hữu hạn công tư) in 1952-09-19. The Hong Kong registration was renewed in 1984-08-31 under the old registered names, but with location set to People's Republic of China.
Central Bank of China 1931 (no date) 10 centsChung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited (Trung hoa thư cục ( hương cảng ) hữu hạn công tư): Originally established in 1927 in Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. In 1988, it was renamed to Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited (Trung hoa thư cục ( hương cảng ) hữu hạn công tư) and re-registered as a subsidiary ofSino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited(Hương cảng liên hợp xuất bản ( tập đoàn ) hữu hạn công tư),[7]with incorporation on 1988-06-16.
Enjoy Time (Mạn độc thời quang): A branch of Chung Hwa Book Co. (H.K.) Ltd., located inHong Kong Central Library.
Manga Shop (Động mạn thế giới): A branch of Chung Hwa Book Co. (H.K.) Ltd. specializing in Japanese comic books and a dealer of the Japanese chainAnimate,located inMong Kok.Established in 2012, the name was changed to Manga Shop when a prior Animate shop had opened in Hong Kong over a decade ago.[8][9]
Chung Hwa Book Company (Singapore) Pte Limited (Trung hoa thư cục ( tân gia pha ) hữu hạn công tư): Originally established in 1923, it was incorporated on 27 October 1989 as a limited private company.[10]As of 2016, it is a subsidiary ofSino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited.
Reverse with Chung Hwa Book Co., Ltd.?(Trung hoa thư cục đồ thư quán): Originally established in 1916 within the Zheng An road factory. In 1925, it was renamed to its current name (Trung hoa thư cục đồ thư quán). In 1935, it was moved into the 4th floor of the newly built Macau factory. Between April and June 1978, it was moved to the Ci Hai Editing Institute building at Shanxi North Road, which was later owned by Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.[11]
?(Trung hoa thư cục hương cảng ấn xoát hán): Originally established in 1933 in Pak Tai Street, To Kwa Wan, Kowloon as a printer for CHBC's Hong Kong branch. In 1980, it was merged with? (Thương vụ ấn thư quán hương cảng ấn xoát hán) and? (Đại thiên ấn xoát công tư) into C & C Joint Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd. (Trung hoa thương vụ liên hợp ấn xoát ( hương cảng ) hữu hạn công tư).
