A white paper can be a book or an article. As an official document, the white paper represents the government's position, paying attention to clear facts, clear positions, standardized writing, concise words and no literary color. White papers can be series. For example, China's national defense white paper is published every two years from 1998. It may also be released in a specific environment. For example, in order to refute the western countries' attacks on China's human rights policy, China published several white papers on the human rights situation in China.
In addition, some official annual reports, materials or summaries were not published in the form of white papers, and were later renamed as white papers to show authority and expand influence. For example, the book China Diplomacy, which was edited by the Policy Research Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and introduced China's diplomatic work and foreign relations in the past year, was originally named "An Overview of China's Diplomacy" and later renamed "China Diplomacy". Since 2004, it is commensurate with the white paper.
The "leather book" originated from a specific report of a government department on a specific issue. Usually this kind of report is printed without any modification, and the cover is black and white, so it is called "white paper". In many countries, it has become a common practice for governments to use "white papers" when releasing reports. For example, China published the White Paper on Regional Ethnic Autonomy in China and the White Paper on National Defense in China in 2004. In addition, some countries use "red book", "blue book" and "green book". The nature of "official interpretation" of Northern Book also makes it often associated with "authority".
At present, a large number of research institutions borrow the authoritative meaning of "preparation" and give some research reports the name of "preparation". These "leather books" come from experts, scholars or professionals in scientific research institutions and express their understanding and cognition of politics, economy and society in reality or in the future. Their views and opinions are representative and authoritative to some extent. There is no special regulation on the color of the "leather book", which can be meaningless or combined with the content of the book. In addition, there are some books on the market that use "leather books" in their titles, just borrowing this concept.
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The white paper was originally named because the cover and text of the book are white. English "white paper" and Chinese "white paper" are both translated into white papers. But there is a difference between the two. In Britain, a "white paper" mainly refers to a short report published by the government. Any topic, any organization can also be used for political official statements containing background materials.
The White Paper is longer, more important and more substantial. Mainly official reports on major issues. In addition to Britain, other countries often use "white papers" and "white papers" indiscriminately. 1965 In April, Britain published the Gibraltar White Paper in the form of a "white paper" with the title of White Paper and a white cover.
Green Book
Open classification: official documents published by Italy, Mexico, Britain and India before 1947, some of which are called green books.
The cover of the Washington Social Register published in the United States is green. Since 1976, Libya has published a kind of Green Book, which is a monograph on the third theory of the world put forward by Gaddafi. It is divided into three volumes, and expounds the third theory of the world from three aspects: democracy, economy and society. In addition, there is another kind of "Green Paper" which has also been translated into the Green Paper. This is a green cover report published by the government, which contains suggestions that are brewing but have not been adopted by the government.
The covers of important documents or reports officially published by the government or parliament all have their usual colors, such as white papers (such as Portugal), blue books (such as Britain), red books (such as Spain), yellow books (such as France) and green books (such as Italy), so white papers and blue books often become the code names of official documents of some countries. But in fact, a country uses more than one color.
The Green Paper is a research report on optimistic prospects.
The official documents published by Italy, Mexico, Britain and India before 1947, some of which are called the Green Paper.
The cover of the Washington Social Register published in the United States is green. Since 1976, Libya has published a kind of Green Book, which is a monograph on the third theory of the world put forward by Gaddafi. In addition, there is another kind of "Green Paper" which has also been translated into the Green Paper. This is a green cover report published by the government, which contains suggestions that are brewing but have not been adopted by the government.
Black Book
1949, Hungary published the book "Increasing Emperor through Public Trial". Both Hungarian and Russian versions claim to be black books with black covers and yellow titles, while English and French versions claim to be yellow books. Israel also used black books in 1967, which is rare in the world. Because "blacklist" usually means "blacklist" or "record book" in English, English-speaking countries avoid using blacklists.