The Commercial Press (Chinese: 商务印书馆; pinyin: Shāngwù Yìnshūguǎn) is the first modern publishing organization in China.

The Commercial Press is known for its academic publishing and translation work in humanities and social sciences, as well as the Xinhua Dictionary.

[4][5] From 1903 to 1914, The Commercial Press operated as a joint venture with Kinkōdō, one of the largest Japanese textbook publishers.

[2]: 50  Through the joint venture, The Commercial Press obtained the latest printing technology as well as lantern slides and cinema.

The Commercial Press acquired film studio equipment and camera from a failed American-owned business in Nanjing in 1917.

[11] That same year, The Commercial Press set up a branch in Hong Kong Museum and launched the Students' Magazine (學生雜誌).

In 1921, with Hu Shih's recommendation, Wang Yunwu (王雲五) became the general manager, modernising The Commercial Press into a business.

In 1949, The Commercial Press' operations were relocated away from China after the People's Liberation Army entered Shanghai.

In 1954, The Commercial Press' headquarters was moved from Shanghai to Beijing, shifting its focus to academic works published in the West.