Commercial Press: version 1

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# Commercial Press <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Commercial Press
name.zh: 商務印書館
disambiguation: the Chinese publishing imprint founded in Shanghai in 1897
founded: 1897
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role        | target                             | market | from | until | ended | status  | source   | note                                                                                                           |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| operated_by | company/commercial-press-hong-kong | HK     |      |       |       | sourced | ^wp-cphk | The imprint is also used by separate Commercial Press companies in Beijing, Taipei, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                  | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| The Commercial Press  | name   |        |      |       |
| Shang wu yin shu guan | search |        |      |       |
| 商务印书馆                 | name   | zh     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref     | url                                                        | title                                   | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wp-cphk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Press_(Hong_Kong) | Wikipedia: Commercial Press (Hong Kong) | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| wp-cp   | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Press             | Wikipedia: Commercial Press             | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Chinese publishing imprint, founded in Shanghai in 1897 and the first modern publishing organisation in China.[^wp-cp] In 1993 the separate Commercial Press companies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia formed a joint venture.[^wp-cp] In Hong Kong the imprint is published by The Commercial Press (Hong Kong) Limited.[^wp-cphk]
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