Organized by the Beijing Book Fair Committee and Bookdao, a publishing and book market intelligence information platform, the 2025 Books Influence Conference was held in Beijing on Wednesday.

With the theme of "building the influence of good books and creating high-quality development together", the event saw publishers discuss the innovative development of publishing.

Delegates say although it's difficult to publish books, and even more difficult to publish influential works, they still believe the major task is to publish quality tomes.

A report on the influence of new books published last year across the country was released, and the event also gave awards to leading publishers.

Wu Shulin, chairman of the Publishers Association of China, said doing a good job of monitoring and evaluating the influence of books is undoubtedly an important lever for the industry to achieve high-quality development.

By promoting the influence of good books, telling stories behind some important works clearly, and encouraging publishers to follow the publishing rules better, the industry may gain higher social influence and boost morale, he adds.