New Delhi World Book Fair Opens with China as Guest of Honor

Five-thousand books are representing China’s 5,000-year-old culture at the 2016 New Delhi World book Fair, now in its 24th edition. China is this year’s guest of honor.

Sun Shoushan, Vice Minister of the state Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television(2nd, L), India's Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani (M), Chinese Ambassador to India Le Yucheng (1st, L) and Indian author S. L. Bhyrappa (1st, R) jointly launch China's Guest of Honor events during the 24th New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India on Saturday, January 9, 2016. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com / Sun Yang]

This year's New Delhi World Book Fair has opened in the Indian capital, with China as the guest of honor.

Six years after India was guest of honor at the 2010 Beijing International Book Fair, India is returning the favor. Eighty-one Chinese publishers have brought more than 5,000 publications to the fair. Themes include politics, economics, society and culture. The fair also saw a lot of Indian readers keen on Chinese books and culture.

Launched in 1972, the fair has developed into a major calendar event in the publishing world. This year’s edition runs until January 17.