From Danwei blog:
Tie Ning became president of the China Writers’ Association as the seventh congress of the organization met in Beijing earlier this week. The buzz in most papers was that this election is a promising step toward improving and revitalizing China’s literary sector. Can installing a new president in the CWA actually accomplish that goal?
What is it that the Association does, exactly? CWA, which was formally established in 1953 out of an earlier writers’ association formed in 1947, publishes the journal Writers’ Digest, and several years ago it took over publishing authority for several journals (mostly in literary fields, but it also puts out Global Entrepreneur). It also runs a press (Writers’ Publishing House), operates several institutes (including the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature and the Lu Xun Literature Institute), and awards a few major literary prizes. [Full Text]
