The mainland does not currently allow foreign groups or individuals to set up publishing houses. There are now over 500 state-run publishing houses. Then there are more than 3000 privately run distributors.
只是目前大陸方面仍不准外資和私人經營出版事業，現有五百多家出版社都是公營，三千多家的「二渠道」圖書銷售公司，則屬個體戶。