Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2011
Supplementary Teaching Material Distribution Benefit Chain: Kickbacks to Schools and Education Bureaus Found Commercial Bribery
A CCTV investigation into the supplementary teaching material interest chain found that the Xinhua Bookstore system occupied a major share of primary and secondary school supplementary teaching material distribution and obtained orders by paying “service fees” and “promotion fees” to schools and education departments. Xinhua Bookstore in Haiyan County, Zhejiang, paid RMB 282,000 in service fees to 36 schools and was found by industry and commerce authorities to have committed commercial bribery, fined RMB 100,000 and had illegal gains confiscated; the education bureau of Xiejiaji District, Huainan, Anhui, received RMB 523,900 in kickbacks from Xinhua Bookstore off the books from 2006 to 2011 and was convicted of unit bribery. This pushed forward rectification of supplementary teaching material subscription.
1966
Cultural Revolution damage (1966–1976)
The organization suffered disruption and damage during the Cultural Revolution, a period lasting from 1966 to 1976, before being reorganized and restored in 1977–1978.