According to Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the
People’s Republic of China, the country has just printed its
80-millionth Bible.
Amity Printing Company, the country’s only authorized Bible-printing
company, has been producing Bibles since 1988. It is a joint venture
between China’s Amity Foundation and the United Bible Societies. Today,
the company produces 1 million copies per month.
“The production of 80 million Bible copies can be attributed to the work
of China’s Christians, and, more importantly, the country’s reform and
opening-up policy,” said Qiu Zhonghui, Chairman of the Board of Amity
Printing, in a celebration ceremony in Nanjing.
According to Xinhua, the company produces 50 editions of the bible, in
various languages and also in Braille. One in four Bibles in the world
are printed in China today. China has 16 million Christians attending
55,000 churches or gathering venues.
According to Amity Printing’s website, the company employs a Roland 204 press, a Roland 704 press, a Timson webpress and an Akiyama offset press. The company’s bindery has MBO folding machines, Meccamotecnica auto gatherers and sewing, and a Kolbus-sigloch hard-bound book production line. The company holds ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certifications.
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