How COVID-19 Has Affected China’s Publishing Industry

The COVID-19 has affected all walks of life. For China's publishing industry, everything has been changed from production to consumption, from different links in the industrial chain to various product types, and from operating modes to organizational structures. In 2020, China's book industry experienced in its first negative growth in 20 years. The total number of new book varieties has declined, bookstores have suffered an enormous impact, and marketing and sales have further shifted to online. Online education will become normal, and digital teaching materials may increase the industry and the future of the Audio-book market is hot, network literature is in the focus of investments while a number of the non-state-owned publishing house started to go public.