The Historical Origin of Xinhua Bookstore Head Office

Xinhua Bookstore was established in Yan 'an on April 24th, 1937. President Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for Xinhua Bookstore three times. 20 12 The National Xinhua Bookstore System held activities to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Xinhua Bookstore. Xinhua Bookstore Headquarters inherited the glorious tradition of Xinhua Bookstore, and went to Beijing with the CPC Central Committee from Yan 'an and Xibaipo according to the instructions of the Party. 194910 On June 3, three days after the birth of the Republic, the Central Committee held the National Publishing Conference of Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing, which was the first national conference held since the founding of New China. President Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De met all the delegates at the Yinian Hall in Zhongnanhai. The meeting adopted the Decision on Unifying the National Xinhua Bookstore, and then issued the Decision on Unifying the National Xinhua Bookstore on March 25th, 1950, and established the general management office of Xinhua Bookstore in Beijing, which has three businesses under its jurisdiction, namely publishing, distribution and factory affairs, and undertakes the important work of publishing, printing and distribution of new China publications. 195 1 year 1 month 1 day, according to the decision of the state to implement professional division of labor, the publishing department of Xinhua Bookstore General Management Office was established as People's Publishing House; Comprehensive Management Office Factory Affairs Office established Xinhua Printing Factory Comprehensive Management Office; The distribution department of the General Administration Office is established as the head office of Xinhua Bookstore, which is the leading organization responsible for managing Xinhua Bookstore in China, and also undertakes the leadership work of international bookstores specializing in book import and export business. Xinhua Bookstore Headquarters has been established for nearly 36 years (up to 1987), and under the leadership of the State Administration of Publication (later, the Publishing Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, the State Publishing Bureau, the Press and Publication Administration and the General Administration of Press and Publication), it has made important contributions to the development of publications in new China and the prosperity of the socialist cultural market. At the same time, during the period of 1979- 1982, the head office also supported the development funds of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet, Qinghai and Ningxia from the profits retained by Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai Xinhua Bookstore (including1530,000 yuan supported by Beijing Publishing House and storage and transportation companies directly under the head office). Make great contributions to the development of Xinhua Bookstore in poverty-stricken areas.

1987 10 according to the instructions of the press and publication administration established in the same year, the head office merged with its Beijing publishing house and storage and transportation company in Beijing, and the name was still Xinhua Bookstore Corporation, which was an independent legal entity and was responsible for its own profits and losses. Give up the right to guide the national Xinhua Bookstore, and at the same time undertake the cadre training and textbook compilation entrusted by the Ministry; Editing and publishing publications; Investigate and reflect the situation; Formulate rules and regulations; Responsible for national distribution statistics; International exchanges and other matters entrusted by the General Administration. In 1994, all the above six tasks were handed over to the General Administration. As a large state-owned book wholesale enterprise, the head office independently conducts business activities. As the national book wholesale center (national book distribution center), the head office has been increasing its business since it became an enterprise legal person. Until 1997, the total volume of books shipped and sold was1800 million yuan, making it the largest book wholesale enterprise in China. And entered the top 500 national sales enterprises for five consecutive years.

During the period, the head office also coordinated, cooperated and organized research for the Xinhua Bookstore system in China for many times, reflecting the situation and striving for preferential policies for the industry (VAT first, income tax refund in rural areas below the county level, etc.). ), which played a leading role in preparing for the establishment of China Xinhua Bookstore Association and the development of the industry.