This year's Frankfurt book Fair, China's first to debut as the guest country.
The Europalia-China Art Festival and the Frankfurt Book Fair bring the European people close to contemporary China.
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, with China being the Guest of Honor for the first time.
The following pictures record China as the main guest of honor to the Europalia-China Art Festival and the Frankfurt Book Fair.
"Two principles also apply to the Frankfurt Book Fair," said a German foreign ministry spokeswoman. "Guests are treated like guests, and art without freedom is inconceivable.
Acting as a Guest of Honor at Frankfurt Book Fair is a result of rapid development of China's publishing industry in the past 30 years of reform and opening.
