On March 16, the Second Symposium on Publishing Viewpoint in 2023 was held in Wuhan University.

The theme of this Symposium was Study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC to promote the high-quality development of publishing industry － promote the high-quality development of publishing think tanks. And the Symposium was in the form of main forum+paralleled sub-forum, in a combination of real and virtual meeting.

People attended the Symposium were as followings:

Zhuanghai Shen, CPC Deputy Secretary of Wuhan University,

heads of 16 selected institutions of the 2022 High-quality Construction Plan of Think Tanks,

representatives of some universities, publishing institutions and research institutions in China,

representatives of some publishing units in Hubei Province,

Heads, teachers and students of the School of Information Management at Wuhan University.

In his speech at the opening ceremony, Zhuanghai Shen, on behalf of Wuhan University, expressed great attention and ardent expectations for the construction of Wuhan University publishing think tank, and proposed that the Wuhan University publishing think tank would produce high-quality achievements in the future continuously, improve the fit with the urgent needs of economic and social development, improve the contribution to serving the country's major strategic needs, and people's satisfaction and sense of acquisition.

On the morning of March 16, the main forum focused on The High-quality Development of Publishing Think Tanks, introduced the general information of the construction of publishing think tanks, and published some research results of think tanks. On the afternoon of the same day, three paralleled sub-forums were held to discuss three topics, namely, Giving Full Play to the Decision-Making Advisory Role of Publishing Think Tanks, Improving Publishing Think Tanks in Colleges and Universities, and Improving Publishing Practice Innovation via Publishing Think Tanks. More than 20 guests spoke at the meeting.

In the sub-forum focusing on Giving Full Play to the Decision-Making Advisory Role of Publishing Think Tanks, the participants held that the construction of publishing think tanks should not only grasp the positioning, but also take strategic issues and public policies in the publishing field as objects to provide policy reference for relevant management departments; It is also necessary to focus on the research of publishing industry, publishing social services and related issues of publishing industry, highlight publishing characteristics and contribute wisdom to the development of the industry.

In the sub-forum with the theme of Improving Publishing Think Tanks in Colleges and Universities, the guests at the meeting said that publishing think tanks in colleges and universities should be based on the deep integration of government-industry-university-research-application, and promote the high-quality development of publishing think tanks from the perspectives of finding the right direction, integrating high-quality resources and promoting the transformation of achievements, so as to give full play to their functions and values.

In the sub-forum with the theme of Improving Publishing Practice Innovation via Publishing Think Tanks, the guests said that with the continuous breakthrough of modern information technologies such as Internet, big data and artificial intelligence, the digital economy is booming, and the publishing industry is also facing new opportunities for transformation and upgrading. The publishing think tanks should undertake the important mission of improving the innovation and development of the publishing industry, seek a feasible innovation path from a new perspective and in a new way, empower the research and decision-making process of the publishing think tanks with digital intelligence, and promote the innovation and development of the publishing industry effectively.