Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group

Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group (天下文化) is a Taiwanese publishing house founded in 1982 by economist Charles Kao (Gao Xijun) and journalist Wang Lixing. It is the first business unit of the wider Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group (遠見·天下文化事業群), which also includes the monthly magazine Global Views (遠見雜誌). The group shares its origins with CommonWealth Magazine (天下雜誌), and its Chinese trademark logotype is taken from the calligraphy of Sun Yat-sen, in the same style as that of CommonWealth Magazine. The publisher's stated mission is to "spread progressive ideas and enrich the reading world" (傳播進步觀念、豐富閱讀世界), with the aspiration "read first-rate books, be a first-rate person" (讀一流書、做一流人). Its catalogue spans business and management, psychology and inspiration, exemplary biography, science and the humanities, education and parenting, health and lifestyle, literature, and cultural creativity. Since 1982 it has published more than 4,000 titles and printed over 45 million copies, focusing on the progressive concepts a civilized society should possess. Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group operates primarily in Taiwan and the wider Chinese-language market. Its online bookstore, Bookzone (bookzone.cwgv.com.tw), serves as its main direct-to-reader retail channel, featuring new releases, bestsellers, member services, and event announcements. Notable translated and local titles promoted on its site include Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan's Execution, Blue Ocean Strategy, The Fifth Discipline, Michael Porter's Competitive Strategy, The Snowball, Brad Stone's Amazon Unbound, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money, alongside Taiwanese authors such as Wu Yirong and Xia Zuli. The company remains privately held and active, positioning itself as a long-running independent publisher and media group in the Chinese-language world.

Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group (天下文化) was founded in 1982 by economist Charles Kao (Gao Xijun) and journalist Wang Lixing. It was the first business unit of what became the Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group (遠見·天下文化事業群), a Taiwanese publishing conglomerate whose other major arm is the monthly magazine Global Views (遠見雜誌). The group shares a common origin with CommonWealth Magazine (天下雜誌), and its Chinese trademark logotype is taken from the calligraphy of Sun Yat-sen, matching the style used by CommonWealth Magazine. From its founding, the publisher responded to the needs of a changing society by expanding its catalogue across business and management, psychology and inspiration, exemplary biography, science and the humanities, and education and parenting. Its stated purpose is to "spread progressive ideas and enrich the reading world," and it encourages readers to "read first-rate books, be a first-rate person." Over four decades it has published more than 4,000 titles and printed over 45 million copies, focusing on the progressive concepts a civilized society should possess. In the digital era, Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group operates Bookzone (bookzone.cwgv.com.tw) as its online bookstore and information hub, promoting new releases, bestsellers, member services, and author events. Its list combines Chinese editions of international bestsellers—such as Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs, Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan, Blue Ocean Strategy, The Fifth Discipline, Michael Porter's Competitive Strategy, The Snowball, Amazon Unbound, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and The Psychology of Money—with works by Taiwanese authors including Wu Yirong and Xia Zuli. The company remains privately held and active, positioning itself as a long-running independent publisher and media group in the Chinese-language world.

• 1982

  Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group (天下文化) is founded by Charles Kao and Wang Lixing as the first business unit of the Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group.

• The publisher expands its catalogue across business and management, psychology and inspiration, exemplary biography, science and the humanities, and education and parenting.

• Cumulative output reaches more than 4,000 titles and over 45 million copies printed.

• Bookzone (bookzone.cwgv.com.tw) operates as the group's online bookstore and reader platform.

A long-established Taiwanese publisher of progressive ideas, spanning business, science, humanities, and lifestyle titles for Chinese-language readers.

• Steve Jobs (賈伯斯傳)

• Execution (執行力)

• Blue Ocean Strategy (藍海策略)

• The Fifth Discipline (第五項修練)

• Competitive Strategy (競爭策略)

• The Snowball (雪球)

• Amazon Unbound (貝佐斯新傳)

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (與成功有約)

• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (21世紀的21堂課)

• The Psychology of Money (致富心態)

• Taipei South City Old Stories (台北城南舊事)

1. 1天下文化官方網站bookzone.cwgv.com.tw
2. 2關於天下文化bookzone.cwgv.com.tw
3. 3Global Views - Commonwealth Publishing Group - Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4遠見·天下文化事業群 - 維基百科zh.wikipedia.org