[1] They engage in digital and physical book retail and provide professional education.

[citation needed] In 2001, Wang Bin was hired to run the publishing house.

[3][4] Since 2010, the CITIC Press Group has been developing a network of bookstores in major airports and other important buildings in China.

By December 2015, the company owned 132 bookstores, and announced its plan to open of a 1,000 more the following year.

[5] In January 2017, the company announced the launch of its content product aggregation platform Citic Academy.