On July 29th, 2021, the 5th China Publishing Government Awards Commendation Meeting was held in Beijing. At the meeting, the Decision of the State Press and Publication Administration on Commending the Publications, Publishers and Publishers Winning the Fifth China Publishing Government Award (Guoxin Departure [2021] No.13) and the winners of the Fifth China Publishing Government Award were officially released. Among them, Zhuozhong Publishing won the "Advanced Publishing Unit Award", and its "Construction of Old Areas in China" won the "Nomination Award for Periodical Award". This is the second time Zhuozhong Publishing has won the "Advanced Publishing Unit Award" after winning the second China Publishing Government Award. It is also the second time that its journals have won the nomination of periodical awards.
China Publishing Government Award is the highest award in China's press and publishing industry, which is selected once every three years to commend and reward outstanding publications, publishing units and individuals in the domestic press and publishing industry. This year's China Publishing Government Award is a tour and review of the publishing industry on the occasion of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party and embarking on the new journey of building a socialist modernized country in an all-round way. In this year, 3 kinds of books won honorary awards, 60 kinds of books won book awards, 20 kinds of periodicals won periodical awards, 20 kinds of works won audio-visual products, electronic publications and online publications awards, 10 kinds of works won printing and reproduction awards, and 10 kinds of works won binding design awards. 50 units won the advanced publishing unit award; 69 individuals won the Outstanding Person Award. In addition, 237 outstanding publications won nomination awards.
Over the years, Zhuozhong Publishing has always inherited the spirit of reform and innovation, deeply cultivated the field of professional and industrial periodicals, and firmly adhered to the road of media integration and development. After several years of transformation and development, Zhuozhong Publishing's digital business model based on professional media has gradually become clear, and the company's operating income and profits have continuously and steadily increased, with digital business accounting for more than 70%. At present, the company publishes 31 journals and a number of PC-side and mobile-side all-media products, involving many industries such as automobile, equipment manufacturing, culture and social sciences, with outstanding social and economic benefits, which sets a good example for the transformation and development of professional journals in the mobile Internet era, and plays an industry demonstration and leading role.
Zhuozhong Publishing's "China's Old District Construction" is a national comprehensive news journal that serves and publicizes the old districts with the aim of "letting the world know about the old districts and making them go global". Since its publication, it has lived up to the great trust of the relevant leaders and departments of the Party and the state and the people of the old districts, and has become the mainstream propaganda position of the old districts, an indispensable force for promoting the development of the old districts, and demonstrated the responsibility of the mainstream media. The nomination of this periodical award also shows the important social value and media value of this magazine.
Zhuozhong Publishing will cherish these honors according to the requirements of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, constantly spur itself, play an exemplary leading role, and promote the media integration to develop in depth. At the same time, taking the fifth China Publishing Government Award as an opportunity, we should establish a high-quality awareness, deepen reform and innovation, further spread mainstream public opinion in various forms, help the development of the industry, achieve a double harvest of social and economic benefits, and contribute to the prosperity and development of China's publishing industry.
