Early on JPC was eager to make a contribution to this "united front." Aiming to serve as the mainland's principal reception center for overseas writers, they established a branch in Hong Kong (which was actually much larger than the headquarters within the PRC).
早期的三聯書局很想在統戰方面有點建樹，政治目的，加上三聯書局在香港有「分店」（其實規模比總店大得多），於是成為海外作家的主要接待站。