Shen Zhifang (paper mill) joined 19 13. Lu Feikui is the director (later called the manager) and Shen Zhifang is the deputy director. Editorial directors include: Fan Yuanlian, Dayton, Lu Feikui, Shu Xincheng, etc. The establishment of Zhonghua Book Company was the product of the Revolution of 1911.
19 1 1 On the eve of the Revolution of 1911, Lu Feikui, the director of the publishing department in the Commercial Press, invited the editors to secretly write new textbooks.
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19 12 New Year's Day, after the opening of Zhonghua Book Company, it put forward the slogan of "textbook revolution" and "completely Chinese businessmen run their own businesses" to compete with the Commercial Press. First, the newly edited Chinese textbooks were published, which seized most of the textbook market with its national flag pattern. "So we changed our company, increased our capital, set up branches extensively and run our own printing." Later, we joined Civilization Bookstore, CoCo Lee Bookstore and Juzhen Imitation Song Publishing House, and quickly developed into the second largest non-governmental publishing institution in China. When the bookstore was founded, it rented three storefronts east of Fuzhou Road, set up a printing factory in Huifuli of Fuzhou Road, and soon moved to Henan Road.
19 13 the head office moved to no. AB29 Broadway East Road (now Daming East Road), and rented a private house next to it, with four offices for editing, business, commerce and printing. Its editorial department later moved to 88 Broadway East Road. The head office (distribution office) was first located in the throwing field (now Nanjing East Road, Henan Road), and then moved to Pan Qi Street (now the corner of Henan Road, Fuzhou Road) on 19 16 to build a new five-story building, with 10 storefront adjacent to the Commercial Press. In the same year, a general factory was built at the junction of Jing 'an Temple Road (now Nanjing West Road) and Hatong Road (now Tongren Road). In addition to the printing office, the comprehensive office and the editing office are also located here. The general factory covers an area of more than 40 mu, ranking first among all printing plants in Shanghai at that time. Due to the shortage of funds caused by a large number of land purchases for building houses, coupled with the unsuccessful misappropriation of public funds by Shen Zhifang, the deputy director, and the competition in the same industry, books were sold at a loss, which led to an economic crisis and almost closed down. The bookstore was leased to Xinhua Company, but it was merged with the business negotiation. Since then, the consortium organized by Changzhou capitalist Wu Jingyuan and Hutchison Company organized by director X Limu have given another loan, and the publishing house has been maintained. In the meantime, Lu Feikui once resigned as a director and was appointed as a manager. Shi succeeded him as the factory director. Only two months later, he took it back, and Liu Feikui was still the general manager.
1920 or so, the publishing house undertook the cigarette case printing business of Crowe Advertising Company and Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, and gained a lot of profits.
Since 1935, the publishing house has printed a large number of Kuomintang securities and small banknotes, and the printing business has further developed.
1933 set up a printing factory in Kowloon, Hong Kong, with new equipment, which is known as the first in the Far East. 1935 A new factory was built at 469 Macau Road, where the general office and editorial department are also located.
194 1 After Lu Feikui died in Hong Kong, Li Shuming took over as the general manager and Wu Shutong served as the manager in Shanghai. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the printing department of the old factory of Jing 'an Temple was placed under the Hong Kong branch, and the Macau Road General Factory was renamed as "American Yongning Company", with American businessman A.F. Watson as the manager. After the Japanese invaded the concession, Yongning Company was sealed up and unsealed the following year.
1942 In February, the bookstore set up a general management office in Chongqing and moved back to Shanghai after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
1Feb. 949, Li Shuming left Shanghai as the acting general manager of Shuxincheng. In July, Shu Xincheng resigned and Fan Shen succeeded him.
1954 the general administration moved to Beijing. From 19 12 to 1949, Zhonghua Book Company has published about 6,000 kinds of books, including teaching books, ancient books, dictionaries, magazines, new books in various disciplines, children's books, foreign books, inscriptions, calligraphy and painting, etc.