People's Press ( zh, s=人民出版社, p=Rénmín Chūbǎnshè), commonly known as People's Publishing House, abbreviated as PPH, is a China's state-run publishing house based in Beijing, which mainly publishes books on philosophy and

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

, and is the official publisher of political and

ideological An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...

books for the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

and the

Chinese government The government of the People's Republic of China is based on a system of people's congress within the parameters of a Unitary state, unitary communist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's ...

. It is run by the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Its important publications include classic works of

Marxism Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflict, ...

, and works by " Leaders of the Party and State" of the People's Republic of China.

History

People's Publishing House was originally established 1 September 1921. It was established for the purpose of publishing communist texts. Its founder was Li Da. In 1923, People's Publishing House merged with other Communist Party printing organizations. People's Publishing House was re-established on 1 December 1950. It was the first official publishing house of the People's Republic of China government. In August 1966, People's Publishing House took over the work of printing ''Quotations'' ''from Chairman Mao Zedong'', which had originally been published by the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

. ''Quotations'' was made available to the public through Xinhua Bookstores. In December 1979, People's Publishing House released a major Chinese translation of

Edgar Snow Edgar Parks Snow (July 19, 1905 – February 15, 1972) was an American journalist known for his books and articles on communism in China and the Chinese Communist Revolution. He was the first Western journalist to give an account of the history of ...

's ''

Red Star over China ''Red Star Over China'' is a 1937 book by Edgar Snow based on his visit on the eve of the Second Sino-Japanese War to areas controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), when it was largely obscure to Westerners. The book made an impact on ...

'' under the new title ''Mao Zedong's 1936 Conversations with Edgar Snow.'' In 1986, Ge Jianxiong's dissertation, ''Population Geography of the Western Han Dynasty'' (), was published as a

monograph A monograph is generally a long-form work on one (usually scholarly) subject, or one aspect of a subject, typically created by a single author or artist (or, sometimes, by two or more authors). Traditionally it is in written form and published a ...

by the People's Publishing House, which was the first

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of history published in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Publications

Works of Leaders of the Party and the State

These texts include: * ''

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung ''Quotations from Chairman Mao'' ( zh, s=毛主席语录, t=毛主席語錄, p=Máo Zhǔxí Yǔlù, commonly known as the "红宝书" zh, p=hóng bǎo shū during the Cultural Revolution), colloquially referred to in the English-speaking world ...

'' * '' General Secretary Xi Jinping important speech series''

References

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* {{Authority control Book publishing companies of China Publishing organizations 1921 establishments in China Chinese propaganda organisations Government-owned companies of China