CPG receives Oxford University library room's naming rights

Oxford University names one of its library reading rooms after China's largest publishing house, China Publishing Group (CPG). The CPG donated books to the university in conjunction with the three-day London Book Fair which ended Thursday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Oxford University names one of its library reading rooms after China's largest publishing house, China Publishing Group (CPG). The CPG donated books to the university in conjunction with the three-day London Book Fair which ended Thursday.

On Wednesday, the CPG and the university's Bodleian Chinese Studies Library set up a reading room adopting the name "CPG". The books donated by the CPG are displayed.

The books include: Twenty-four Histories, History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers, Encyclopedia of China and Complete Works on Chinese Fine Art. This center collects 50,000 books on China, including 20,000 Chinese rare books.

CPG president Tan Yue and vice president Li Yan held talks with Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, and David Helliwell at the Bodleian Library to deepen cooperation.

The two sides reached a series of cooperation intentions regarding old book collections and publication while building a long-term cooperation mechanism. They signed a memorandum of understanding.

On the same day, the CPG held Celebrating Tang Xianzu and Shakespeare on the 400th Anniversary of Their Deaths: Opening Ceremony of the Book Edition Exhibition cum Book Granting Ceremony at Weston Library, University of Oxford.

Tan and Richard jointly unveiled the exhibition and the former presented the latter with a list of the donated books. The two parties respectively delivered a short message on that occasion.

The exhibition features 150 selected titles, including Zhonghua Book Company, People's Literature Publishing House and Commercial Press, the embroidery version of The Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu, and The Handan Dreamland Complete Works by Shakespeare.