Foreign Languages Press

Foreign Languages Press is a publishing house located in China.

Based in Beijing, it was founded in 1952 and currently forms part of the China International Publishing Group, which is owned and controlled by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

The press publishes books on a wide range of topics in eighteen languages spoken primarily outside China. Much of its output is aimed at the international community – its 1960s editions of works by Marx and Lenin are still widely circulated – but it also publishes some material aimed at foreign language students within China.

Beginning in the 1950s many works of classical and modern Chinese literature were translated into English by translators such as Gladys Yang, Yang Xianyi and Sidney Shapiro.

As of 2008, the house had published over 30,000 titles in a total of 43 languages.

English language titles

 * Ancient Towns Around Shanghai
 * China Handbook Series
 * China Knowledge Series
 * China Society for People's Friendship Studies
 * China Sports Series
 * China Travel Kit Series
 * China's Nationalities Series
 * Chinese Health Qigong Series
 * Chinese Language Library
 * Chinese Wushu Series
 * The Culture & Civilization of China
 * Echos from the Classics
 * From Emperor to Citizen, The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi
 * History of Modern China Series
 * How To Series
 * Library of Chinese Classics
 * Light on China Series
 * Modern Chinese Literature Library
 * Monkey Series
 * Panda Series
 * Picture Story Series
 * Studies on the Chinese Market Economy Series
 * Ten Minutes Series
 * Traditional Chinese Therapeutic Exercises and Techniques

French language titles

 * Contes populaires chinois
 * Connaissance de la Chine
 * Histoire moderne de Chine
 * Le roi des singes