After each publishing house determines the participating books, it shall fill in the China Excellent Publishing Award (Book Award) Declaration Form and the book quality checklist in duplicate (the form can be copied). The local publishing houses invite the book management departments and publishing associations of the local provincial press and publication bureaus, the publishing houses directly under the central ministries and commissions, the competent departments and the publishing units of the People's Liberation Army to invite the Press and Publication Bureau of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department for examination and approval, and send them to the China Excellent Publications Award (Book Award) office before the deadline (subject to the postmark), together with two sets of each book, quality inspection sheets, newspaper review articles, experts' peer review suggestions and readers' feedback (not checked by rail or air). Conscientiously implement the guiding ideology of "China Excellent Publications Award". The selection conditions of the book award are based on the topic orientation, academic value, content quality, technical indicators and binding level of the works, and pay attention to the requirements of "three closeness", which has good social and economic benefits.
The number of book awards is 50, and the number of book nomination awards was originally 100, which was increased to 150 in the fourth session. According to the provisions of the Notice on Awards for Excellent Publications in China, a book award committee composed of relevant leaders, experts and scholars was established to select the winning books by secret ballot, and after publicity without objection, it was reported to the leading group of China Excellent Publications Award for examination and approval.
After the award-winning books are examined and confirmed by the leading group of China Excellent Publications Award, the China Publishers Association will hold an award ceremony to announce the list of award-winning books, award the "China Excellent Publications Award (Book Award) Medal" to the publishing unit of the award-winning books, and issue award certificates to the responsible editors, planning editors and authors of the award-winning books respectively. Publicize the award-winning books through the news media, and publish picture books in China Book Review. It is suggested that all relevant units reward the winners.
In order to further improve the quality of awards and listen to the opinions of experts from various disciplines, the publishing house is welcome to invite relevant experts to write recommendations or book reviews on recommended books for the reference of expert groups and judges. The book review article was published in the China Book Review.