Introduction to Popular Bookstore

Popular Bookstore (SGX: P29) is a famous retail bookstore and publisher in Singapore, with branches in China, Malaysia and Indonesia, and its group also has branches in Canada. Its main publishing industry is the Commercial Press. The company was founded in 1924, then named as Chengxing Company. In fiscal year 2005, the company achieved profit growth of160,000 Singapore dollars. In 2005, the company established a supplementary English school in People's Republic of China (PRC) to expand the English education market. In March 2006, Popular Bookstore became an exhibitor of Bookfest@Singapore, which was the first China Book Fair to be exhibited outside China.