China Social Sciences Press (CSSP) was established in June, 1978, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. CSSP is a national level publishing house focusing on academic publications mainly in the field of humanities and social sciences. In 1993, CSSP won the honorary title of “national outstanding press” granted by Propaganda Department of CPC and General Administration of Press and Publication.
Since the establishment, China Social Sciences Press has published a large number of scholarly works of humanities and social sciences, linked and united a large number of first-class scholars and authors at home and abroad, and established cooperative relations with academic institutions and publishing institutions in dozens of countries and regions around the world. So far, nearly 30,000 kinds of books have been published, most of which are excellent works with important academic influence, including "Contemporary China Series" (72 volumes), History of Chinese Taoism, Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names, Mahabharata History of the Shang Dynasty (11 Volumes), Outline of the History of Economics in People's Republic of China (1949-2011), National Historical Atlas of the People's Republic of China (Volume 1), General History of Buddhism in the World (14 Volumes), The Intellectual History of Chinese Classical Studies (4 Volumes), Demystifying China’s Economy Development, Understanding China’s Manufacturing, The Evolution of Marxist Philosophy, Peaceful Development Path in China, China’s Economic Development: Implications for the World, Struggles and Aspirations: A Century-long Pursuit of Dreams in Modern Chinese History, etc. Many of the books have successively won the National Book Award, National Book Award, China Book Award, China Publishing Government Award Book Award, China Good Book Award, China Excellent Publication Award, "Three Original One Hundred" Book Award and National Book Award, Excellent Popular Theory Reading Award and other national awards.
In recent years, on the basis of traditional book brands such as "Cambridge History of China" and "Anthology of Scholars of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences", CSSP has published more publishing brands such as "Study of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era " series, "China Insights" series, "China Governance System" series, "Contemporary History of Chinese Academic Thought" series, "Special Collected Works of Members of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences", Twenty-Four Histories Annotated to This Day, Compendium of Chinese and Foreign Philosophical Books, Centennial History of Chinese Archaeology (1921-2021), “CSSP Think Tank”, “China Social Science Yearbook”, the academic influence, social influence and international influence of CSSP have been continuously enhanced. In the "Research Report on the Influence of Overseas Collections of Chinese Books" issued by the Evaluation Center for the Effect of Chinese Culture Going Global, CSSP ranked first among the national publishing houses with a total of 8,561 kinds of books in the collection in ten years. By now, China Social Sciences Press has become an important publishing front of Marxist theory in China, an important publishing center for national philosophy and social sciences, an important publishing platform for the achievements of national high-end think tanks, and the main force for Chinese academic "going global".
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Philosophy & Religion and Sociology, History and Archaeology, Literature & Art, Journalism & Communication, Politics and Law, Economics & Management, International Issues, Think Tank.
*Copyrights for sale:
1. 《十件文物里的中国故事》
All About Chinese Culture: An Illustrated Story of China in 10 Cultural Relics
2. 《中华文明史简明读本》
Concise Reader of the History of Chinese Civilization
3. 《(新编)中国通史纲要》
New Outline of General History of China
4. 《“一带一路”手册.2023》
The Handbook of the Belt and Road 2023
5.《世界简史(人类文明的演进历程)》
A Brief History of World the Evolution of Human Civilization