Fast-moving words
3 years, 6 months ago

Fast-moving words

China Daily  

Visitors look through books on display at an online literature fair in Beijing in 2018. "In terms of income, I haven't even reached the middle level among online writers," says Zuo, who is among some 600,000 active online literature authors in China. In 2020, the market value of online literature surpassed 28.8 billion yuan, up 29.7 percent compared with the previous year, according to China Literature, the country's largest online literature provider. In recent years, Chinese online literature has diversified, turning its focus toward younger readers and writers, and is increasingly mainstream in its themes, says a China Literature executive who didn't want to be named. Reading Chinese online fiction helps foreign readers to better understand Chinese culture, the China Literature executive says.

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10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection
1 month ago

10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection

China Daily  

LONDON -- The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Thursday by adding ten online novels by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, a Chinese online literature company, were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of internet literature in China. …

10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection
1 month ago

10 Chinese online literature works added to British Library collection

China Daily  

LONDON -- The British Library expanded its Chinese collection on Thursday by adding ten online novels by Chinese authors, including Lord of the Mysteries, Soul Land, and The Joy of Life. These novels, originally published on platforms operated by Yuewen, a Chinese online literature company, were donated to document the cultural significance and rapid development of internet literature in China. …

China digital reading market flourishes in 2023
7 months, 4 weeks ago

China digital reading market flourishes in 2023

China Daily  

During the Third National Conference on Reading, the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association unveiled the 2023 China Digital Reading Report, revealing a robust expansion in the nation's digital reading landscape. The report highlighted that the overall revenue of China's digital reading market in 2023 surged to 56.7 billion yuan, marking a substantial 22.33 percent increase year-on-year. The report also …

Games, literature see online growth
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Games, literature see online growth

China Daily  

An exhibition displays popular online literary works in Dongguan, Guangdong province. Recent surveys conducted by the China Audio-Video Digital Publishing Association's Game Committee revealed the embrace of traditional Chinese culture in game development, with 84 percent of Chinese game enterprises incorporating traditional characters in game character design and 98 percent utilizing traditional cultural elements in game environments and item designs. …

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas

China Daily  

Wu Yiqin, vice-president of China Writers Association After more than two decades of development, Chinese online literature has not only become one of the pillar resources of the pop culture market in China, but it is also an important way for people from different cultures to learn about each other, and communicate in the comment sections. By the end of …

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese online literature starts new chapter overseas

China Daily  

Wu Yiqin, vice-president of China Writers Association After more than two decades of development, Chinese online literature has not only become one of the pillar resources of the pop culture market in China, but it is also an important way for people from different cultures to learn about each other, and communicate in the comment sections. By the end of …

每日一词|网络文学 online literature
9 months, 3 weeks ago

每日一词|网络文学 online literature

China Daily  

中国社会科学院文学研究所日前发布《2023中国网络文学发展研究报告》。报告显示，截至2023年底，中国网络文学用户数达5.37亿，同比增长9%，网文阅读市场规模已突破400亿元。 A new report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the number of users of China's online literature platforms reached 537 million by the end of 2023, a 9 percent year-on-year increase. According to the CASS report on China's online literature development research for 2023, the size of China's online literature reading market has exceeded 40 …

每日一词|网络文学 online literature
9 months, 3 weeks ago

每日一词|网络文学 online literature

China Daily  

中国社会科学院文学研究所日前发布《2023中国网络文学发展研究报告》。报告显示，截至2023年底，中国网络文学用户数达5.37亿，同比增长9%，网文阅读市场规模已突破400亿元。 A new report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the number of users of China's online literature platforms reached 537 million by the end of 2023, a 9 percent year-on-year increase. According to the CASS report on China's online literature development research for 2023, the size of China's online literature reading market has exceeded 40 …

每日一词|网络文学 online literature
9 months, 3 weeks ago

每日一词|网络文学 online literature

China Daily  

中国社会科学院文学研究所日前发布《2023中国网络文学发展研究报告》。报告显示，截至2023年底，中国网络文学用户数达5.37亿，同比增长9%，网文阅读市场规模已突破400亿元。 A new report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the number of users of China's online literature platforms reached 537 million by the end of 2023, a 9 percent year-on-year increase. According to the CASS report on China's online literature development research for 2023, the size of China's online literature reading market has exceeded 40 …

每日一词|网络文学 online literature
9 months, 3 weeks ago

每日一词|网络文学 online literature

China Daily  

中国社会科学院文学研究所日前发布《2023中国网络文学发展研究报告》。报告显示，截至2023年底，中国网络文学用户数达5.37亿，同比增长9%，网文阅读市场规模已突破400亿元。 A new report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that the number of users of China's online literature platforms reached 537 million by the end of 2023, a 9 percent year-on-year increase. According to the CASS report on China's online literature development research for 2023, the size of China's online literature reading market has exceeded 40 …

Top 10 words making a buzz in online literature
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Top 10 words making a buzz in online literature

China Daily  

China Literature Group exhibits artistic renditions of 150 of its online literature IPs in Dongguan Library on April 22 last year. A list of the "Top 10 Buzzwords in Chinese Online Literature in 2023", co-released recently by The Paper, a digital newspaper, and the country's largest online literature content provider, China Literature Group, displays trendy ways that young people tackle …

每日一词|网络文学作品 online literary works
1 year, 8 months ago

每日一词|网络文学作品 online literary works

China Daily  

2023年全国网络文学工作会议近日在上海举行，会上发布《2022中国网络文学蓝皮书》（以下简称《蓝皮书》）。《蓝皮书》数据显示，截至2022年底，我国累计向海外输出网文作品16000余部。网络文学成为中华文化走出去的亮丽名片。 More than 16,000 Chinese online literary works had entered the international market by the end of 2022, making it possible for online literature to be a new calling card for China, according to a report on China's online literature released at a conference held in Shanghai. 新时代十年，网络文学不仅赢得海量读者，而且成为影视、游戏、动漫等文化创意产业的重要内容源头。据《蓝皮书》统计，目前热播的影视剧，六成由网络文学作品改编。例如，2022年热播的《开端》等剧就丰富了影视剧的叙事手段。图为《开端》剧照。（资料图片来源：新华网） 【知识点】 与新时代十年的伟大变革相呼应，网络文学取得巨大成就。《蓝皮书》指出，2022年，网络文学主流化、精品化进程明显加快，现实题材创作进一步丰富，行业转型升级发展势头持续延展，网文出海的路径和形式更为丰富多样，理论评论导向作用进一步发挥，作家队伍凝聚力不断增强。 《蓝皮书》统计，2022年网络文学新增作品300多万部。创作生态不断优化，新生代网络作家积极探索，现实题材持续增长，科幻题材势头旺盛，玄幻、历史、言情等题材推陈出新，“脑洞文”带动新创作潮流。题材多元、突出现实与科幻的创作格局正在形成。 《蓝皮书》统计，2022年主要网络文学平台营收规模超230亿，网络文学海外市场规模突破30亿元。目前中国网络文学海外用户超过1.5亿人，覆盖200多个国家，以北美、日韩、东南亚为重点输出地区。 同时，网络文学IP改编海外影响持续走高，创作本土化生态初步建立。从文本出海、IP出海、模式出海到文化出海，网络文学将中国故事传播到世界各地，日益成为世界级文化现象。同时，网络文学带动了中国元素、中华文化的海外流行。 【重要讲话】 坚持以人民为中心的创作导向，推出更多增强人民精神力量的优秀作品，培育造就大批德艺双馨的文学艺术家和规模宏大的文化文艺人才队伍。 We will encourage people-centered cultural …

Online novels win top awards
1 year, 8 months ago

Online novels win top awards

China Daily  

International winners of WSA 2022, a competition for authors of online novels on WebNovel, an international portal of China Literature company, attend the award ceremony held in Hong Kong this month. By the end of last year, Web-Novel had run translations of about 2,900 Chinese online novels, according to a report recently co-released by China Literature and Global Times Research …

Online literature offers new worldwide lens for China's stories of past, present
1 year, 9 months ago

Online literature offers new worldwide lens for China's stories of past, present

China Daily  

In the latest novel by Kittisak Kongka, a 33-year-old Thai online writer, one of the major settings is a restaurant. Kongka's novel won a gold award in the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022, a global online novel writing competition organized by WebNovel, a reading portal owned by China Literature Limited. In 2021, more than 10,000 Chinese online literary works entered overseas …

Online literature offers new worldwide lens for China's stories of past, present
1 year, 9 months ago

Online literature offers new worldwide lens for China's stories of past, present

China Daily  

In the latest novel by Kittisak Kongka, a 33-year-old Thai online writer, one of the major settings is a restaurant. Kongka's novel won a gold award in the WebNovel Spirity Awards 2022, a global online novel writing competition organized by WebNovel, a reading portal owned by China Literature Limited. In 2021, more than 10,000 Chinese online literary works entered overseas …

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection
2 years, 3 months ago

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection

China Daily  

Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have been added to the collection of the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran, The Wisdom of Great Song Dynasty and Great Power, Heavy Industry. As one of the current pillars of mass cultural consumption, which began with "fastfood" …

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection
2 years, 3 months ago

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection

China Daily  

Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have been added to the collection of the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran, The Wisdom of Great Song Dynasty and Great Power, Heavy Industry. As one of the current pillars of mass cultural consumption, which began with "fastfood" …

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection
2 years, 3 months ago

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection

China Daily  

Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have been added to the collection of the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran, The Wisdom of Great Song Dynasty and Great Power, Heavy Industry. As one of the current pillars of mass cultural consumption, which began with "fastfood" …

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection
2 years, 3 months ago

British Library adds Chinese online novels to collection

China Daily  

The Road to Revival. Great Power, Heavy Industry tells of how China's manufacturing industries have grown stronger in recent decades, and foreign readers can learn about the Chinese system and culture behind the country's swift economic development, getting to know China better in the process, the author, whose online pen name is Qicheng, says. One of the largest online literature …

Chinese online novels now available at the British Library
2 years, 3 months ago

Chinese online novels now available at the British Library

China Daily  

Book cover of The King's Avatar. Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have entered a collection in the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran, Great Power, Heavy Industry and The Wisdom of Great Song Dynasty. In 2019, 10 online novels, Great Power, Heavy Industry included, …

Chinese online novels now available at the British Library
2 years, 3 months ago

Chinese online novels now available at the British Library

China Daily  

Book cover of The King's Avatar. Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have entered a collection in the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran, Great Power, Heavy Industry and The Wisdom of Great Song Dynasty. In 2019, 10 online novels, Great Power, Heavy Industry included, …

Digital stories have successful plot twist
2 years, 7 months ago

Digital stories have successful plot twist

China Daily  

A study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences shows that online literature has become an important component of the cultural life of Chinese people. It also shoulders increasing responsibilities to create good stories, encourage more people to read, and help achieve the goal of building a "strong culture" by 2035, according to a study of online literature in 2021 …

Book market seeks new plot
2 years, 10 months ago

Book market seeks new plot

China Daily  

A reader is intrigued at a bookstore in Qingzhou, Shandong province. Physical bookstores face serious challenges posed by the pandemic since most activities went online and visitor numbers declined. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese book market has been experiencing challenges, as sales in 2020 dropped for the first time since 2015 and sales in 2021, although greater compared with …

Book market seeks new plot
2 years, 10 months ago

Book market seeks new plot

China Daily  

A reader is intrigued at a bookstore in Qingzhou, Shandong province. Physical bookstores face serious challenges posed by the pandemic since most activities went online and visitor numbers declined. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese book market has been experiencing challenges, as sales in 2020 dropped for the first time since 2015 and sales in 2021, although greater compared with …

Bookworms surfing the web to find a good read
2 years, 11 months ago

Bookworms surfing the web to find a good read

China Daily  

A list of the best online fiction from platforms of China Literature Group, the comprehensive cultural business branch of Tencent, was released recently by consultant company Endata. According to the 2020 Chinese Online Literature Blue Paper, which was released in May by the China Writers Association, among the new writers registered since 2018, 74 percent were born after 1995 and …

Bookworms surfing the web to find a good read
2 years, 11 months ago

Bookworms surfing the web to find a good read

China Daily  

A list of the best online fiction from platforms of China Literature Group, the comprehensive cultural business branch of Tencent, was released recently by consultant company Endata. According to the 2020 Chinese Online Literature Blue Paper, which was released in May by the China Writers Association, among the new writers registered since 2018, 74 percent were born after 1995 and …

Online literature plots overseas success
2 years, 11 months ago

Online literature plots overseas success

China Daily  

Popular online novels from platforms of the China Literature Group have been translated into various languages. CHINA DAILY Before becoming a web novel writer in 2018, Disha Florence from Dhaka, Bangladesh, now 25, was trying to find a way to free herself from the restrictions faced by a woman, a wish she has had since she was 8. It was …

Online literature plots overseas success
2 years, 11 months ago

Online literature plots overseas success

China Daily  

Popular online novels from platforms of the China Literature Group have been translated into various languages. CHINA DAILY Before becoming a web novel writer in 2018, Disha Florence from Dhaka, Bangladesh, now 25, was trying to find a way to free herself from the restrictions faced by a woman, a wish she has had since she was 8. It was …

Online literature plots overseas success
2 years, 11 months ago

Online literature plots overseas success

China Daily  

A popular novel at Webnovel: Lord of Mysteries. According to China Literature, inspired by Chinese online fiction translated in earlier years, overseas writers also include Chinese culture and Chinese online fiction elements in their works like respect for teachers and truth. The most commonly seen are imitation of Chinese xianxia and wuxia like the cultivation of gods and goddesses, the …

From fantasy to reality
3 years, 1 month ago

From fantasy to reality

China Daily  

Visitors communicate with a robot at China Online Literature+ Conference 2021 in Beijing. After 20 years of development, Chinese online literature has become one of the pillar resources of pop culture consumption in China. "Judging from either the number of writers, or the quality of their writing, or the reader base and the education level therein, online literature has topped …

From fantasy to reality
3 years, 1 month ago

From fantasy to reality

China Daily  

Visitors communicate with a robot at China Online Literature+ Conference 2021 in Beijing. After 20 years of development, Chinese online literature has become one of the pillar resources of pop culture consumption in China. "Judging from either the number of writers, or the quality of their writing, or the reader base and the education level therein, online literature has topped …

From fantasy to reality
3 years, 1 month ago

From fantasy to reality

China Daily  

Visitors communicate with a robot at China Online Literature+ Conference 2021 in Beijing. After 20 years of development, Chinese online literature has become one of the pillar resources of pop culture consumption in China. "Judging from either the number of writers, or the quality of their writing, or the reader base and the education level therein, online literature has topped …

From fantasy to reality
3 years, 1 month ago

From fantasy to reality

China Daily  

Visitors communicate with a robot at China Online Literature+ Conference 2021 in Beijing. After 20 years of development, Chinese online literature has become one of the pillar resources of pop culture consumption in China. "Judging from either the number of writers, or the quality of their writing, or the reader base and the education level therein, online literature has topped …

Zhejiang releases report on digital reading
3 years, 2 months ago

Zhejiang releases report on digital reading

China Daily  

The number of digital content readers in East China's Zhejiang province rose by 8.6 percent year-on-year to 26.58 million in 2020, according to a report on digital reading in Zhejiang. In 2020, the revenue of the digital reading market in Zhejiang reached 3.717 billion yuan, accounting for about 10.6 percent of the nation's total. The report also showed that the …

Online Chinese literature plots a story of success with foreign fans
3 years, 5 months ago

Online Chinese literature plots a story of success with foreign fans

China Daily  

A poster for the TV series Nirvana in Fire, adapted from an online novel, featuring its protagonist Mei Changsu, played by actor Hu Ge. With the rapid development of China's online literature landscape, Chinese online novels have created a huge fan base overseas. By 2020, more than 10,000 online literary works had entered overseas markets and attracted over 100 million …

Fast-moving words
3 years, 6 months ago

Fast-moving words

China Daily  

Visitors look through books on display at an online literature fair in Beijing in 2018. "In terms of income, I haven't even reached the middle level among online writers," says Zuo, who is among some 600,000 active online literature authors in China. In 2020, the market value of online literature surpassed 28.8 billion yuan, up 29.7 percent compared with the …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Reading marks new chapter in internet age
3 years, 7 months ago

Reading marks new chapter in internet age

China Daily  

A bookstore in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, offers various services. Online influencers recommend titles through short videos Beijing teacher Bai Yun shares her thoughts about reading books in a 30-minute online video every month, impressing audiences with her erudition and appearance. My videos act as company for those who want to read books," said Bai, who reads about 50 titles a …

Writing community with a shared future
3 years, 11 months ago

Writing community with a shared future

China Daily  

International authors and translators visit Shanghai during an event hosted by Webnovel in mid-November. The latest report on China's online literature scene, released by the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association on the fourth China Online Literature Plus Conference in September, says that 3,452 original Chinese titles had been translated into foreign languages by 2019; that includes 1,700 titles in …

Writing community with a shared future
3 years, 11 months ago

Writing community with a shared future

China Daily  

Five popular novels released by Webnovel, a major website of Chinese online literature. Evolving from nothing Cheng Wu, CEO of China Literature Corp, says Webnovel now offers some 160,000 original online novels written in English and those might be translated into more languages soon. "Online literature, featuring a large number of users, a wide range of topics, and interactivity, has …

Writing community with a shared future
3 years, 11 months ago

Writing community with a shared future

China Daily  

International authors and translators visit Shanghai during an event hosted by Webnovel in mid-November. The latest report on China's online literature scene, released by the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association on the fourth China Online Literature Plus Conference in September, says that 3,452 original Chinese titles had been translated into foreign languages by 2019; that includes 1,700 titles in …

Writing community with a shared future
3 years, 11 months ago

Writing community with a shared future

China Daily  

International authors and translators visit Shanghai during an event hosted by Webnovel in mid-November. The latest report on China's online literature scene, released by the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association on the fourth China Online Literature Plus Conference in September, says that 3,452 original Chinese titles had been translated into foreign languages by 2019; that includes 1,700 titles in …

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women
3 years, 11 months ago

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women

China Daily  

Biao Xiao Jie by Zhizhi The list of the top 20 best web novels from the women channels of China Literature Group under Tencent was released recently, reflecting the shift of the reading interest of Chinese women in 2020. The list is based on the research of the web novels published on the group's six major female channels, including qdmm.com, …

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women
3 years, 11 months ago

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women

China Daily  

Biao Xiao Jie by Zhizhi The list of the top 20 best web novels from the women channels of China Literature Group under Tencent was released recently, reflecting the shift of the reading interest of Chinese women in 2020. The list is based on the research of the web novels published on the group's six major female channels, including qdmm.com, …

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women
3 years, 11 months ago

Web novels capture changes in reading habits of Chinese women

China Daily  

Biao Xiao Jie by Zhizhi The list of the top 20 best web novels from the women channels of China Literature Group under Tencent was released recently, reflecting the shift of the reading interest of Chinese women in 2020. The list is based on the research of the web novels published on the group's six major female channels, including qdmm.com, …

Int'l publishers eye China's market for children's books
4 years, 1 month ago

Int'l publishers eye China's market for children's books

China Daily  

China has seen double-digit growth in the number of children's books published for two decades, with sales volumes surpassing 20 billion yuan annually, according to a think tank report issued in June. "Benefiting from China's opening up in the publishing sector, we have simplified formalities to bring original children's books to younger Chinese readers," said Guo. The sales of children's …

Growing overseas readership of Chinese online literature
4 years, 1 month ago

Growing overseas readership of Chinese online literature

China Daily  

Reading on an ebook reader China Literature Corporate released a White Book of 2020 Chinese Online Literature Going Global during the First Shanghai International Online Literature Week. Part of the following data comes from 2019 Report of China Online Literature Development by China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association. By 2019, 10,000 titles of online literature were "made by China, read …

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