One of China's most prestigious trade and academic publishers, Zhonghua Book Company, has announced that it will partner with Publishing Technology China to build a new pub2web powered website.
As part of a government-backed project, the deal will see the creation of a new digital publishing platform and management system, designed to accommodate Zhonghua Book Company's complete collection of ancient Chinese works, dating back to the publisher's inception in 1912.
The globally accessible site will be heavily customised in order to carry vertically displayed ancient Chinese text, traditionally viewed as a significant challenge in the digital world, and it will contain supplementary notes and information provided by subject-matter experts to accompany the published works.
With its three thousand year heritage specialising in the humanities sector and the publication of ancient Chinese texts, Zhonghua Book Company becomes the latest high profile name in the Chinese publishing industry to implement Publishing Technology's global content solutions, as the company expands its presence in the Chinese market.
Michael Cairns and Jun Xu participated in a special signing ceremony at the Beijing International Book Fair on 27 August 2014.
