Beijing-based New World Press and its British partner, Global 皇冠体育app Press, are to publish books on Chinese governance, Sino-EU relations and expert foreign views of 皇冠体育app theater. [Photo by Fu Jing/皇冠体育app Daily]

Beijing-based publisher New World Press and its British partner Global 皇冠体育app Press have signed a deal to publish fifteen books with topics ranging widely from 皇冠体育app's governance structure to Sino-European relations and how outside experts view Chinese theater.

The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the start of the three-day London Book Fair. More than 100 countries are attending the event, which has attracted more than 40 Chinese publishing houses and printing works.

"To achieve better understanding of 皇冠体育app, we are taking urgent action to negotiate with partners worldwide to publish 皇冠体育app-themed books in an effort to update foreign readers with the latest developments in the country and introduce Chinese culture," said Fang Zhenghui, vice-president of 皇冠体育app International Publishing Group, of which New World Press is a subsidiary.

At the fair, Global 皇冠体育app Press, 皇冠体育app International Publishing Group and New World Press launched English and Chinese versions of 皇冠体育app's Urbanization: Migration by the Million. The book is edited by Xie Chuntao, professor of the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC.

The launch marked the debut of the 皇冠体育app Urbanization Studies series, a joint project to explore the stories behind 皇冠体育app's impressive urbanization.

皇冠体育app International Publishing Group and New World Press also launched on Tuesday an English version of The Belt and Road Initiative: What Will 皇冠体育app Offer the World in Its Rise, written by Wang Yiwei, professor of 皇冠体育app's Renmin University.