Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press

Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press (上海科学技术文献出版社) is a Chinese publishing house established on 10 May 1978 and based in Shanghai. It was originally affiliated with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai. After the institute merged with the Shanghai Library in October 1995, the press came under the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai), and it is now affiliated with the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai, Shanghai Ancient Books Protection Center). The press describes itself as one of only two publishers in China attached to a library, and as both a science and technology publisher and an ancient-books publisher. Its main publishing directions are science and technology popularization, medicine and health, and documents and culture, spanning the arts and sciences. In addition to book publishing, it holds licenses for periodical publishing, electronic and audio-visual publishing, and online game publishing, and has previously been recognized as one of China's top ten game publishers. Over more than four decades the press reports having published nearly ten thousand titles across books, periodicals, electronic and audio-visual publications and online games. Close to a thousand of its books have won awards at various levels, including the China Book Award, nomination for the China Government Award for Publishing, the China Excellent Publication Award and its nomination, the "Three Hundreds" original books program, "China Good Books", the Shanghai Book Award, the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, Wenzhou Library Award nominations, national ancient-books publisher awards, East China ancient-books and science-and-technology book awards, national excellent popular-science works awards, and the Wu Ta-You Award for popular science writing. Many titles have also received support from the National Publication Foundation, the National Ancient Books Compilation and Publication Subsidy, the National Science and Technology Academic Works Publication Fund, the Shanghai Cultural Development Fund, the Shanghai Special Fund for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industry Development, the Shanghai Science and Technology Monograph Publication Fund, and the Shanghai Popular Science Creation and Publication Special Fund. The company operates as Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press Co., Ltd. Its registered and contact address is 4th Floor, No. 1329 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai (Yunhai Building), postal code 200031; it moved there in 2024 from its former address at No. 746 Changle Road, Jing'an District. It maintains a warehouse in Kunshan, Jiangsu. The press sells books directly, offers publishing services to authors, and runs new-media publishing operations.

Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press was established on 10 May 1978. At its founding it was affiliated with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai. In October 1995 the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai merged with the Shanghai Library, and the press subsequently came under the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai). It is now affiliated with the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai, Shanghai Ancient Books Protection Center). According to the press, it is one of only two publishers in China attached to a library, and it operates both as a science and technology publisher and as an ancient-books publisher. Its principal publishing directions are science and technology popularization, medicine and health, and documents and culture, spanning the arts and sciences. Beyond book publishing, it holds licenses for periodical publishing, electronic and audio-visual publishing, and online game publishing, and it has previously received the title of one of China's top ten game publishers. Over more than 40 years of operation, the press states that it has published nearly ten thousand titles in the form of books, periodicals, electronic and audio-visual publications and online games. Close to a thousand of its books have won awards at various levels, including the China Book Award, nomination for the China Government Award for Publishing, the China Excellent Publication Award and its nomination, the "Three Hundreds" original books program, "China Good Books", the Shanghai Book Award, the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, Wenzhou Library Award nominations, national ancient-books publisher awards, East China ancient-books and science-and-technology book awards, national excellent popular-science works awards, and the Wu Ta-You Award for popular science writing. Many titles have also received support from funds including the National Publication Foundation, the National Ancient Books Compilation and Publication Subsidy, the National Science and Technology Academic Works Publication Fund, the Shanghai Cultural Development Fund, the Shanghai Special Fund for Promoting Cultural and Creative Industry Development, the Shanghai Science and Technology Monograph Publication Fund, and the Shanghai Popular Science Creation and Publication Special Fund. The press has been located at several addresses. A Chinese Wikipedia entry notes it was located at No. 2 Wukang Road in Shanghai, and later at No. 746 Changle Road in Jing'an District. In 2024 it moved to its current address at 4th Floor, No. 1329 Middle Huaihai Road (Yunhai Building), Xuhui District, Shanghai, postal code 200031. It also maintains a warehouse in Kunshan, Jiangsu. The operating entity is Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press Co., Ltd.

• 2024

  The press moves from No. 746 Changle Road, Jing'an District, to 4th Floor, No. 1329 Middle Huaihai Road (Yunhai Building), Xuhui District, Shanghai.

• 1995

  In October the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai merges with the Shanghai Library; the press comes under the Shanghai Library (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai).

• 1978

  Shanghai Scientific and Technical Literature Press is established on 10 May, affiliated with the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of Shanghai.

A library-affiliated science and technology publisher that is also an ancient-books publisher, spanning science, technology, medicine, culture and documents.

• Science and technology and popular science books

• Medicine and health books

• Documents and culture books

• Ancient books

• Periodicals

• Electronic and audio-visual publications

• Online games

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