On August 10, the 12 edition of Xinhua Dictionary was launched in Beijing Book Building. The new edition adds prefixes according to national norms and teaching needs, keeps pace with the times, adds new words such as "initial heart", "like" and "QR code", and adds new meanings and new usages close to life such as "Meng". Practical phonetics has also been added to meet the needs, such as "horseshoe crab" zé: ~ fish pond (Ch not ng) "used in place names and the medical term" cù ".

12 has improved the radical dictionary, updated the appendix information, and attached a QR code to each page. After scanning the code with Xinhua Dictionary APP, you can hear the pronunciation of each word and see the order of strokes.

Seventy years ago, under the care of the party and state leaders, the Xinhua Dictionary was compiled with the strength of the whole country, and scholars such as Ye Shengtao, Wei, Shao Quanlin, Chen Yuan, Wang Li and so on participated in the compilation and revision. Xinhua Dictionary, which has been revised many times, can be described as a "national dictionary". Up to now, more than 600 million copies have been published, creating a miracle in the history of human book publishing.

20/kloc-In April of 0/6, Xinhua Dictionary won two Guinness World Records: the most popular dictionary and the best-selling book (revised regularly).

Following the "Reading Month for Humanities and Social Sciences" that ran through July, the Commercial Press launched "Xinhua Bloom-Cultural and Educational Reading Month for the Commercial Press" with the first issue of Xinhua Dictionary (12 edition) as the prelude. It is planned to sort out 30 topics including appreciating the beauty of Chinese characters, science education, nature education, introduction to artificial intelligence, and reading famous books by excavating the core values of books.