Li Zuze

Li Zuze

Li Zuze, born in Dongguan, Guangdong Province in 1933, is a big pharma in Hong Kong. He is now the chairman of the world Chinese Newspaper Association, the chairman of Tongxing pharmaceutical and Wang Laoji pharmaceutical. He has led the Hong Kong Joint Publishing Group to develop into a group of dozens of member companies and publishers at home and abroad. The new books published each year account for about 1 / 3 of the total Chinese books published in Hong Kong. The distribution network and retail outlets have extended to more than 100 countries and regions around the world, bringing Hong Kong's Chinese publishing into the international market. In 1994, he promoted the establishment of the Hong Kong Publishing Association. In 1997, he won the "outstanding achievement award" in the Hong Kong Printing awards. In 2002, he was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In 2009, he was elected as "one hundred outstanding publishing figures in the 60 years since the founding of new China", and is the only one in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Personal experience

Li Zuze is currently the chairman of the world Chinese Press Association, the chairman of the Hong Kong Press Association, the independent non-executive director of Sing Tao news group Co., Ltd., the vice chairman of the China Association of publishers, the executive board member of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, the honorary president forever, the honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Joint Publishing Group, the honorary chairman of the China business United Printing Co., Ltd., and the honorary chairman of the Hong Kong business daily Chairman of the board of directors, honorary president of the Chinese Buddhist Culture Academy, honorary sponsor of the press and education fund, chairman of the presidium of the Preparatory Committee for celebrating the national day of the publishing, printing and recording industry in Hong Kong, chairman of Zetian group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., chairman of Hong Kong Tongxing group (International) Co., Ltd., chairman of Guangzhou Wanglaoji Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., etc.

Since he entered the Hong Kong Sanlian bookstore in 1952, Li Zuze has been in the sea of knowledge, making him gradually understand and realize the important value of publishing work, so he has an indissoluble bond with books. In 1979, Li Zuze visited the Frankfurt International Book Fair for the first time. He saw that there are a set of picture books to record the culture and art all over the world, except China, which has a long history of 5000 years. After returning to Hong Kong, he actively planned to publish large-scale picture albums. The first one was "Research on ancient Chinese costumes", followed by a series of picture albums such as "Forbidden City Palace", which attracted the attention of all countries in the world. They published versions in English, French, Japanese, German, Italian and other languages respectively, which promoted Chinese culture and introduced Hong Kong's Chinese publishing into the international market The field.

From selling and reading books to publishing books in the future, he has grown from a clerk and director to the chairman and general manager of Hong Kong United Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd. In 1988, he served as the chairman of Hongkong United Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd. he worked hard for the pioneering and development of Hongkong United Publishing Group, connecting the past with the future, making the business of the group enterprise and internationalization, and making it go to a new milestone. Sanlian bookstore, Zhonghua Book Company, commercial press, Zhonghua business United Printing Co., Ltd. and other companies under the United Publishing Group have become the best in the industry with the joint efforts of their colleagues.

In his 50 years of publishing career, Li Zuze witnessed the beginning, development and prosperity of Hong Kong's publishing industry, and also participated in promoting the pioneering, entrepreneurship and take-off of Hong Kong's publishing industry. His organization plays an important role in Hong Kong's publishing industry, and Hong Kong has become an important publishing center of Chinese books in the world. He witnessed the first time that Hong Kong's publishing industry went to the world, the first time that it published an exquisite picture album of Chinese culture, the first patriotic publishing agency, the first time that it expanded the overseas Chinese book market, and the first time that it established a printing agency overseas In many pioneering strategic decisions of Hong Kong's patriotic publishing industry, people feel the role of Mr. Li Zuze as the mainstay.

In 1997, Li Zuze was awarded the 9th Hong Kong Printing Award - "outstanding achievement award" by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the industry. In 2002, the Central Propaganda Department, the State Administration of press and publication, and the China Association of publishers specially held a forum to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Hong Kong's return and the 50th anniversary of Mr. Li Zuze's publishing work. Director Shi Zongyuan presented him with a commemorative bronze tripod in recognition of his outstanding contributions to China's publishing work and Hong Kong's publishing industry. His masterpiece is the root of the dragon.

Publishing industry

His 50 years of employment are exactly the 50 years of pioneering, pioneering and soaring publishing industry in Hong Kong, and he is an important participant and leader in this process.

In 2009, 76 year old Li Zuze, former president of Hong Kong United Publishing Group, started as a clerk of Hong Kong Sanlian bookstore and worked in the publishing industry for more than 50 years.

But looking back on this process, Li Zuze said: "I have been engaged in publishing for more than 50 years, and I have nothing to be proud of. I have just done my duty as a patriotic publisher." A few years ago, at the retirement commendation ceremony held for him by the General Administration of press and publication, his words were also moving: "I have no regrets, no regrets, because my life is very full, and I have devoted it to the publishing cause of the people."

In his 50 years of employment, Li Zuze spent about 40 years publishing in Chinese funded institutions under the Hong Kong British government. He seldom talked about the joys and sorrows. Hard work brings "flowers and fruits". As the first real enterprise group after the founding of new China, Hong Kong United Publishing Group, which he steered, first realized internationalization and cross industry development. Looking back on his publishing career, Li Zuze said that what he understood most was Comrade Mao Zedong's instruction: "seriously do a good job in publishing." In his view, publishing has been a cause handed down for thousands of years. Even if one word is wrong, it will delay thousands of years. Only with this sense of responsibility can we do a good job in publishing and publish excellent works. It is very important to be serious.

He is not only an excellent publisher, but also an excellent publisher. Chen wanxiong, the current president of Hong Kong United Publishing Group, who has worked with him for more than 30 years, said that he dares to employ people and let young people do things freely. If he does well, he will praise you. If he doesn't do well, he will share the responsibility with you. For those who have different opinions, he will listen to them carefully and be generous. Another quality that impressed Mr. Chen wanxiong is that he "knows win-win cooperation very well" and "is very patriotic and enthusiastic about public welfare".

Li Zuze, a young publisher, said: "the most important thing is to have a sense of mission." From the spring and Autumn period to the Warring States period, down to the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even modern times, thousands of years of Chinese civilization rely on publishing to pass on. As a publisher of new China, he must carry forward Chinese culture and patriotism with enthusiasm. The publishing industry needs constant innovation to develop. Li Zuze said that at the end of the 1980s, due to the extensive use of computers, great changes had taken place in the printing industry, as well as in the world publishing industry, presenting a spectacular situation of cross media and cross-border operation. At that time, several publishing houses in Hong Kong were swaying in this wave of change, and they had to change to survive. As a result, the United Publishing Group came into being.

Mr. Wang is retired, but he believes that China's publishing industry, including Hong Kong's, will surely have great prospects. The development of Hong Kong's publishing industry needs to be integrated into China's publishing industry in order to have vitality and give full play to its advantages. Mr. Wang said that he liked Chairman Mao's "plum chanting": wind and rain send spring home, snow welcome spring. It's already a cliff with a hundred feet of ice, but it's still pretty. Qiao also does not fight for spring, only spring to report. When the flowers are blooming, she laughs in the bush. Mr. Wang said: "it's time for China's publishing industry to be" romantic ". As an old publishing man, I can laugh in the bush."

Social contribution

Mr. Li Zuze has been engaged in the publishing industry in Hong Kong since he was 18 years old. At that time, Hong Kong was just a distribution and Transshipment Station for books. In 1952, the country recruited Hong Kong and Macao students to go back to China for the first time. Li Zuze, who had just graduated from xiangdao middle school, received the admission notice from Tsinghua University in Beijing. Due to the needs of national construction, he chose to stay in Hong Kong and entered the Sanlian bookstore. From then on, he had an indissoluble bond with books. After years of hard work in reading, selling and publishing books, he grew from an ordinary shop assistant and director to the chairman and general manager of Hong Kong United Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd. Over the past 50 years, he has made great achievements in integrating Chinese publishing power, spreading Chinese culture, developing new high-tech publishing industry and expanding international cooperation in Chinese publishing in Hong Kong. In 1988, under the creativity and leadership of Li Zuze, Sanlian bookstore, Zhonghua Book Company and Hong Kong General Management Office of commercial press were officially transformed into United Publishing (Group) Co., Ltd. In order to integrate publishing resources more effectively and optimize the allocation of resources, Chinese funded publishing enterprises in Hong Kong will continue to explore the local market of Hong Kong and enter the mainstream market of the world Chinese book publishing industry with the attitude of intensive, professional and scale operation. At the beginning of the group, there were only 15 member organizations. Now, United Publishing Group has developed into a large publishing group with 28 subordinate enterprises, and has become the largest publishing organization in Hong Kong. The development concept of "business diversification, market internationalization, equipment modernization and scientific management" of United Publishing Group is gradually becoming a reality.

At the same time, as the most influential publisher in Hong Kong, he personally presided over the publication of masterpieces such as "five thousand years of Chinese clothing", "national treasure", "Forbidden City Palace", "palace life in Qing Dynasty", etc., which have won many awards in Hong Kong and overseas, and become the model of the highest level publications in Hong Kong. His main contribution to the progressive publishing industry of Hong Kong lies in leading an old publishing enterprise to the track of modern management, making it keep up with the pace of the information age at the turn of the century, and at the same time, paying attention to the backbone talents of Hong Kong United Publishing Group

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