"Chinese Bookshelf" a project which aims to provide local readers with accessChinese books and culture, was launched Tuesday here.
(locate) inside Foyles Bookstore at Charing Cross Road, near the British Museum and Chinatown, the "China Bookshelf"(introduce) more than 100 kinds of books such as literature, folktale, economic publications and political works.
Carmelo Puglisi, head of foreign language books at Foyles Bookstore, told Xinhua that the bookshop has always attached great(important) to Chinese books as it started selling them years ago.
Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to Britain, said in a congratulatory letter to the launching ceremonythe carefully-selected books in the "Chinese Bookshelf " will serve as a bridge for(culture) exchanges and a window for Western readers(understand) China.
"Chinese publishing has transformed itself in the last 10 to 20 years,it is now among the leading publishing(nation) of the world. I think the more the Chinese and Western publishers can develop global Chinese books, journals, databases,more understanding there will be between the East and West," he said.
