As an affiliate to state key university Southeast University (SEU), Southeast University Press (SEUP) , with a subsidiary of Southeast University Electronic and Audio-visual Publishing House, was founded in March, 1985. For 30-plus years’ running, it has been awarded the titles of “National Collective Pace-setter of Course-book Publication and Administration” “National Model Publishing House”, etc. It was listed as one of the first 19 pilot units of restructuring in publishing houses’ system in 2007. It was awarded “Outstanding Publishing House” in the first “Jiangsu Provincial Government Award for Press and Publication” in 2013, which distinguished itself by its comprehensive advantages and strength.

By dint of strenuous and continuous efforts over a span of 30 years, depending on SEU’s competitive strength in various disciplines, SEUP has been oriented towards the devotion into education, science and talent cultivation, and the contribution of high-level books in humanities, science and technology. Since foundation, upholding and practicing the university motto “Strive for Perfection” ,SEUP has been paying attention to the development and change of education, laying emphasis on new disciplines, key disciplines and interdisciplines, and sticking to the foremost importance of social effect. It has been continuously optimizing varieties and structure of publications to build brand and grasp opportunity, and has realized development by leaps and bounds.

As a comprehensive publishing house, SEUP’s publications mainly cover course-books for colleges and universities, academic monographs, and books for general readers. SEUP has released more than 3 000 titles in the “11th five-year-plan” period. Its output value accumulated to 900 million yuan and its sales income accumulated to 450 million yuan, which brought the company’s net asset value to 120 million yuan. The past two years, which were the beginning period of “12th five-year-plan”, witnessed the upward trend of SEUP with annual publication of more than 600 titles. Its annual output value stood at more than 200 million yuan with sales income of 100 million yuan, which ranked 20th and 1st among college publishing houses at state and provincial level respectively.

SEUP has been always putting much emphasis on key publishing project. It has published 6 series, 40 kinds of state key titles and 19 series, 82 kinds of provincial key titles within the “11th five-year-plan” period. So far, 10 kinds of books and one kind of audio-visual title have been selected into the “12th five-year-plan” state key publishing project. Two titles have won 1 million yuan aid of National Publishing Fund.

In the wake of industrial transformation, the publishing industry will undergo a profound change in the foreseeable future. In the days to come, SEUP will forge ahead with a trail-blazing spirit to make ever greater contribution to the undertaking of publishing and education.