1 939 September1day, Xinhua Bookstore officially opened. Prior to this, a youth bookstore was opened in Yan 'an on March 1937. Liberation Weekly, published on April 24th, was issued in the name of Xinhua Bookstore, which is located in a small cave at the foot of Liang Qingshan in Yan 'an.
The first manager of Xinhua Bookstore was Elvis Presley, followed by Zhang Daowu and Yi Jiguang. Bookstore consists of wholesale, distribution, purchasing, warehousing services, mail order and outlets. Bookstore is not only a book publishing house, but also a book publishing department of the Party.
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At that time, general social science literature and art books, China Women, China Youth, China Culture and other publications, as well as newspapers such as New China Daily and Frontier People's Daily were published in the name of Xinhua Bookstore. Bookstores are also responsible for collecting publications from Kuomintang-controlled areas and enemy-occupied areas for research and collection by party and government organs and libraries.
1 942 May1day, Xinhua Bookstore in Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was established in Yan 'an and became a subordinate unit of Xinhua Bookstore Corporation, located in Dongguan. Sean, Wen Li and Tao Xinyi successively served as managers. 1943, North China Bookstore (Taofen Bookstore) was merged into Xinhua Bookstore in the Border Region. North China Bookstore was originally located in the Cultural Valley.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Xinhua bookstore former site