Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 Opens
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A visitor walks past a poster of the Theme Pavillion of China during Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest annual book fair, in Frankfurt of Germany, October 13, 2009. China has been selected as the Guest of Honor for this year's fair, which kicked off on Tuesday evening. [Xinhua]
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The book fair, from October 13 to 18, is the world's largest and most important of its kind, with over 400,000 books from more than 100 countries, and with over 180,000 international trade visitors and 124,000 new releases.
Some 270 publishers and over 2,000 traders from the Chinese mainland are participating in this year's book fair, setting up a new record.
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A visitor walks past the Theme Pavillion of China during Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest annual book fair, in Frankfurt of Germany, October 13, 2009. China has been selected as the Guest of Honor for this year's fair, which kicked off on Tuesday evening. [Xinhua]
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