Beijing authors share Chinese literature during Cambridge tour

Two symposiums on Chinese literature translation during a group of Beijing authors' visit to Cambridge was held at the Cambridge University Library and the Needham Research Institute Library, Britain, on Oct 21.

First-level inspector of Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles Tian Peng, general manager of China National Publications Import and Export (Group) Corp Lin Liying, representatives of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles including authors such as Li Er, Xu Zechen, Qiao Ye, Zhou Xiaofeng, Zhou Min, gathered with local renowned experts and scholars such as sinologists David McMullen and Charles Aylmer, head of Chinese Department of Cambridge University Library He Yan, director of the Needham Research Institute Mei Jianjun, and librarian of the East Asian History of Science Library at the Needham Research Institute John Moffett, to discuss the exchange and dissemination of Chinese literature.

According to Lin Liying, the corporation has had a strategic partnership with the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles for four years. The two have successfully created several cultural brands such as "Beijing Author Day," promoting Beijing literature internationally. The corporation has had decades of friendly trade cooperation with Cambridge University Library.