7 publishers or publishing companies from Europe and North America will appear in the Comic Copyright Trade Stand in the 9th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF) held from April 26th to May 2nd . This stand is organized by Beijing Total Vision Culture Spreads Corp,. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Total Vision), which is the leading comic export companies in China..

Compared with last year, not only the number of foreign publishers increased from 5 to 7, but also publishers from North America joined. The purpose of this stand is more focused on copyright trade.

The foreign publishers and companies will bring their masterpieces to the Festival including works from world famous artists of Toppi and Moebius. They come here to look for Chinese publishers for their books and also

According to Mr. Wang Ning, General Manager of Beijing Total Vision, business appointments have already been made between the Chinese and foreign publishers. The discussion will at least involve copyright transactions of 40 Chinese and foreign comic books.

Aside from the copyright trade, 150 pieces of quality comic drawings from 42 European and North American artists will be exhibited in the stand, many of which are the first time to be shown in China mainland. Mr. Wang Ning expressed that the exhibition of these drawings will provide the Chinese comic lovers with an good opportunity to enjoy the world high level comic art.

Mr.Christian Lacroix, Mr.Emmanuel Lepage and Mr.Laurent Verron, artists from Europe, will sign at the stand during the Festival. This is the first time for them to come to China and also the first time for them to sign for the Chinese readers in China International Cartoon and Animation Festival, the biggest event of its kind in China. They expect the occasion very much. Mr. Michel SURO, culture director of the French city Bellgarde and chairman of BD Festival of l’Ain and Mr. Olivier Jouvray, chairman of BD Festival of Lyon, France will also be present at the exhibition.

About Beijing Total Vision Culture Spreads Corp,. Ltd

Beijing Total Vision Culture Spreads Corp,. Ltd (hereinafter referred to as Beijing Total Vision) is the leading comic export companies in China. It has established cooperation relations with more than 20 European and North American comic publishers and companies. From 2005, It has exported more than 90 copyrights of more than 40 Chinese artists to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Danmark and USA. It takes 80% of the comic copyrights exported to Europe and America from China.

In 2005, Beijing Total Vision organized first French Comic Festival in Beijing and invited more than 70 French artists and publishers to the exhibition. By now it is still the biggest European comic event of its kind in China. In the past 3 years, Beijing Total Vision organized European comic exhibitions in Beijing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Xuzhou and Shenyang. Exhibits include masterpieces from artists of France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Singapore and USA. The purpose of these exhibition is to promote the cooperation in publication.