On August 19th, the 2025 Southern China Book Fair concluded successfully at the main venue in Area B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. This year's Book Fair reached new highs in scale, attendance, and social impact. Covering about 40,000 square meters, the main venue featured four themed exhibition halls, "Read the World," "Read the Future," "Read the Life," and "Read Guangzhou."
At the same time, 467 sub-venues were set up across Guangdong's 21 prefecture-level cities, as well as in Macao and Kashi, Xinjiang, with a total area of over 1 million square meters. The Fair achieved coordinated hosting among cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), linking the province, cities, counties (districts), towns, and villages. Combined with local Reading Month activities, it created a large-scale reading extravaganza lasting for a month.
More than 1,500 publishing institutions from China and abroad brought nearly 500,000 publications and cultural and creative products. A total of 2,335 cultural activities were held at the main and sub-venues, attracting over 55 million participants online and offline. During the event, attendance at the main and sub-venues across the province reached 2.75 million.
This year's Fair marked a milestone in its internationalization. Publishing and cultural institutions from 23 countries and regions were attracted. As the Guest Country of Honor, Vietnam presented a series of activities including the themed exhibition "Comrade Ho Chi Minh in Guangzhou" to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Vietnam. Leading international publishers such as Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and Bloomsbury made their debut at the Fair, showcasing 20,000 original books, including more than 2,000 new releases for 2025.
The Book Fair has been deeply integrated into the development of the GBA. Eleven cities across Guangdong jointly launched the "Bay Area Co-reading" event, while Guangzhou Metro's "Reading-themed Train" served an average of 30,000 readers daily. With the theme of "Reading in the GBA, Sharing the Same Cultural Roots," the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Pavilion presented more than 5,000 special publications and IP derivatives, facilitating 28 copyright cooperation projects among the three regions.
2025南国书香节圆满闭幕：从湾区起步 向世界进发
19日，2025南国书香节在广州广交会展馆B区主会场圆满落下帷幕。本届书香节规模体量、参与人数、社会影响均创历史新高。主会场面积约4万平方米，设立“阅·世界”“阅·未来”“阅·生活”“阅·广州”四大主题展厅。
同时，在全省21个地级以上市及澳门特别行政区、新疆喀什等地设立了467个特色分会场，覆盖总面积超过100万平方米，实现了大湾区城市群协同办展，省、市、县（区）、镇、村多级联动，并与各地读书月活动结合形成绵延整月的大规模书香阅读盛景。
国内外1500余家出版机构带来近50万种出版物及文创产品。主分会场共举办2335场精彩纷呈的文化活动，累计吸引超5500万人次线上线下参与。活动期间，全省主分会场参与人数高达275万人次。
本届书香节在国际化道路上迈出里程碑式步伐。吸引来自23个国家和地区的出版文化机构参展。越南作为主宾国，精心呈现“胡志明同志在广州”主题展等系列活动，庆祝中越建交75周年。企鹅兰登、麦克米伦、布鲁姆斯伯里等国际顶尖出版社首次集体亮相，集中展销2万种原版图书，其中有2000余种2025年海外新书。
书香节深度融入粤港澳大湾区建设。全省11城分会场联动举办“湾区共读”活动，广州地铁“书香专列”日均服务读者3万人次。港澳台馆以“潮阅湾区，文脉同源”为主题，展销逾5000种特色出版物及IP衍生品，促成三地版权合作项目28项。
文 | 记者 孙磊
译丨盛嘉
英文审校丨林佳岱