With the restrictive environment on the mainland being suddenly relaxed, the publishing industry is now in a period of vigorous growth. Magazines and periodicals in particular have had a prosperous few years of late. Currently the mainland is home to over 9,000 different titles, over 100 of which are licensed editions of foreign magazines.
中國大陸社會驟然開放，出版業也隨之蓬勃發展，相較於才剛剛「冷灶熱燒」的圖書出版，期刊雜誌卻已熱熱鬧鬧喧騰好幾年，目前大陸地區有九千多種雜誌，其中一百多種是國際雜誌品牌的「授權版」。