中国出版对外贸易总公司（以下简称版图公司）成立于1980年10月，始建时是国家新闻出版总署直属单位。经营范围包括：图书、报刊、音像制品、电子出版物、文化器材、印刷器材设备、机电产品进出口；新闻出版、印刷行业技术进出口；中外合资与合作；出版信息与广告代理服务；国内版及进口版图书、期刊、报纸及电子出版物的批发与零售；合作出版及对外版权贸易；图书、报刊、印刷行业的国内外贸易展览及技术交流等。

版图公司成立以后，一直致力于图书出版、书报刊进出口、印刷器材进口及相关业务的对外贸易，并不断向其他领域拓展，形成了以书报刊进出口为龙头，以国际书展为纽带，以现代书店连锁店为渠道，以印刷器材和机电设备等产品进出口为依托的多元化的业务结构，业绩持续增长。2001年，版图公司进出口总额超过1.2亿美元，在外经贸部公布的中国进出口额最大的500家企业中名列第468位，成为我国出版行业首家进入中国进出口额最大的500强企业。

2002年，版图公司通过了ISO9001：2000国际质量体系认证。

根据国家文化体制改革的要求，2002年，版图公司脱离国家新闻出版总署，成为中国出版集团公司的成员单位。2009年，又与同属中国出版集团的中国图书进出口（集团）总公司进行战略重组，成为其全资子公司。

重组以后的版图公司，业务范围以国际贸易和出版服务为主，主要从事印刷器材、机电产品、化工材料、医疗器械的进出口贸易；同时兼做纸张、图书、音像制品、电子产品、文化器材等文化产品的进出口以及广告代理业务。版图公司下辖的《现代阅读》杂志，是以书摘为主的大众读物。

版图公司现设有5个业务部门和2个职能部门。

版图公司的子公司有：中版广告有限责任公司和现代书店有限公司，分别从事广告代理和书刊销售业务。

版图公司还在中日合资的上海明治橡胶制品有限公司、北京中新联数码科技股份公司、北京第797音响股份有限公司等三家企业占有股份。

站在前辈艰苦创业所打下的坚实的基础之上，版图公司正以新的姿态，继续坚持“务实、创新、合作、奋进”的企业精神，奉行“以人为本、重德守信、互利共赢、持续发展”的经营理念，在全体员工的共同努力、各界同仁的鼎力协作下，锐意改革，勇于创新，力争将版图公司发展成为以国际综合贸易和出版服务业务为主的，具有竞争力的创新型、效益型、服务型、人文型企业，努力为中国出版事业的发展作出新的贡献。

China National Publishing Industry Trading Corporation (CNPITC) was founded in October 1980 under the General Administration of Press and Publication of the People’s Republic of China. It is mainly engaged in the import and export of books, newspaper & magazines, audio & video products, e-publications, equipment for cultural activities, printing machinery, and electromechanical products, as well as publishing and printing technologies. It works with foreign counterparts in investment and other cooperative activities, provides publishing information and advertising services, performs wholesale and retail of domestic and foreign books, newspaper & magazines, and e-publications, carries out joint publishing and international copyright trade, and takes part in exhibitions, fairs, and technical exchanges in the publishing and printing industries.

Since its founding, CNPITC has been committed to publishing, import and export of publications and printing machinery, as well as related foreign trade activities, and has branched out into other fields of business. Over the years, CNPITC has formed a diverse business structure of its own. Publication import is the main driving force, international book fairs connect it with peers around the world, BOOCUP chain bookstores are its sales channel, and the import and export of printing machinery and other electromechanical products acts as strong support. As its business performance improves continuously, CNPITC registered over 120 million US dollars in imports and exports in 2001 and ranked 468th among the top 500 Chinese importers and exporters announced by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, making it the first publishing corporation in the list.

In the same year, CNPITC, no longer affiliated to the General Administration of Press and Publication, became a member of China Publishing Group according to the requirements of the reform of China’s cultural system. Later in 2009, CNPITC went through strategic restructuring and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National Publication Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC).

After the restructuring, CNPITC shifted its focus to international trade and publishing services, mainly the import and export of printing equipment, electromechanical products, chemical materials and medical equipment. Meanwhile, it is also engaged in the import and export of paper, books, audio & video products, electronic products, and equipment for cultural activities, as well as advertising services. In addition, Modern Reading, a magazine under CNPITC, provides mainly book excerpts targeted at the general public.

CNPITC now has five business departments and two functional departments.

Its subsidiaries are China Publishing Advertising Co., Ltd., and BOOCUP Bookstore Co., Ltd., respectively engaged in advertising service and book sales.

CNPITC also holds shares in the Sino-Japanese Shanghai Meiji Rubber Product Co., Ltd., Beijing Central Press Union Digital Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing 797 Audio Co., Ltd.

Drawing on the solid foundation laid by predecessors, CNPITC seeks even greater success today. It adheres to the motto of “practicality, innovation, cooperation and endeavor”, and embraces a business philosophy that is people-oriented and which values integrity, shared prosperity and sustainable development. With the strenuous effort of all CNPITC staff as well as strong support from clients and friends, CNPITC will push through its reform, foster continuous innovations and seek to become a competitive, innovative, efficient, service-based and culture-centered enterprise engaged in comprehensive foreign trade and publishing services, making its contribution to the Chinese publishing industry.