BEIJING, Jun 21 (APP):\u201dChina and Pakistan cooperate closely across all sectors, but there remains ample room to deepen bilateral publishing cooperation, as we have yet to carry out extensive joint work,\u201d said Daniyal Salam, Director of Head Office, Sales, Marketing & Editorial of Pakistan\u2019s century-old publishing house Ferozsons (Pvt.) Ltd., on the sidelines of the 32nd Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF). This year\u2019s BIBF has attracted more than 1,700 exhibitors from 82 countries and regions, including over 1,100 overseas participants such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, Cengage, Pearson and Wiley, creating a global platform for copyright negotiation and cultural industry communication.<\/p>\n
Ferozsons is the sole Pakistani publisher in attendance this year. While this marks the firm\u2019s debut at BIBF, it has already translated around 45 Chinese children\u2019s illustrated books into Urdu through partnerships with Chinese publishers including CITIC Press Group. \u201cThese short stories covering weather, seasons, food and Chinese culture are well received among Pakistani children,\u201d Salam noted. Meanwhile, Salam brought about fifty Pakistani titles to display at the fair, including a decades-old 10-volume Urdu classic bestseller newly translated into English, as he seeks potential copyright partners from China.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that if this series is introduced here, it could be comparable to iconic series such as Harry Potter,\u201d he said. Salam identified insufficient exchanges between publishers of the two countries as the main obstacle to deeper cooperation, and called for government funding support for literary translation and reciprocal industry visits, CEN reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeyond books for children, we\u2019re planning to bring more Chinese publications on politics and strategies to Pakistani readers within the next two to three years,\u201d he revealed. Furthermore, he expressed interest in bringing China\u2019s interactive reading robots to Pakistan\u2019s printing and education sectors. Released on September 4, 2025, the Action Plan to Foster an Even Closer China-Pakistan Community with a Shared Future (2025\u20132029) advances literary translation, cross-border copyright collaboration, co-publishing and mutual participation in global book fairs.<\/p>\n
During Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s May visit, both sides agreed to implement cultural and educational exchange frameworks, paving the way for deeper cooperation between publishers of the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING, Jun 21 (APP):\u201dChina and Pakistan cooperate closely across all sectors, but there remains ample room to deepen bilateral publishing cooperation, as we have yet to carry out extensive joint work,\u201d said Daniyal Salam, Director of Head Office, Sales, Marketing & Editorial of Pakistan\u2019s century-old […]<\/p>\n
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