The German Book Information Centre Beijing has been operating since 1998 as the overseas representative office of the Frankfurt Book Fair in Beijing.
It is the central contact and information point for the German and Chinese book industries and it provides many services for professionals in that field, working with a mixed mandate that balances straightforward business interests against a cultural-political mission, the aim of which is to increase the mutual transparency of the two country's book industries, and to intensify German-Chinese cooperation.