Higher Education Press

Higher Education Press (HEP) is a Chinese press whose official website is hep.com.cn. The official site identifies the entity as 高等教育出版社有限公司 (Higher Education Press Co., Ltd.) and is also referred to as 高教社.

Higher Education Press was established in 1954 as a specialised publishing house for higher-education teaching materials in the People's Republic of China. From its early years it was attached to the national education administration and later to the Ministry of Education, giving it a central role in producing standardised textbooks for universities and colleges. Over the following decades HEP expanded its catalogue from basic science and engineering textbooks into humanities, social sciences, medicine, agriculture, foreign languages and vocational education. It became one of the largest and most influential educational publishers in China, and its titles are widely adopted in national curricula. In the reform era after the late 1970s, HEP modernised its editorial and distribution operations and developed cooperative relationships with international publishers for translated and co-published works. In the 2000s and 2010s the press invested heavily in digital publishing, building the hep.com.cn portal and a range of online learning and resource platforms to complement print textbooks. As a state-owned enterprise under the Ministry of Education, HEP continues to play a policy-relevant role in curriculum development, textbook approval and the supply of teaching materials to Chinese higher-education institutions.

• 2000

  HEP expands digital publishing and online resource development.

• 1954

  Higher Education Press is founded in China as a specialised higher-education publisher.

• Higher-education textbook series

  Core curriculum-aligned textbooks for Chinese universities and colleges.

• Academic monographs

  Scholarly works across science, engineering, humanities and social sciences.

• HEP online portal

  Digital platform at hep.com.cn for e-books, course resources and learning materials.

1. 1高等教育出版社有限公司 | 高等教育出版社官方网站 |高教社官网|高等教育出版社门户网站hep.com.cn