China International Publishing Group(CIPG)served as one of the first windows for the outside world to get to know China.Its predecessor,the International News Division of the National Press Administration of the Central Government,was founded the same day as the People’s Republic of China(PRC)on October 1,1949.Qiao Guanhua,who later became Minister of Foreign Affairs,first headed the division.New China’s foreign language publishing and distribution efforts began as quickly as anything else.