The Key Laboratory of Semantic Publishing and Knowledge Services Unveiled

On July 3, the unveiling ceremony of the "Key Laboratory of Semantic Publishing and Knowledge Services" was held in our university. This laboratory is a key laboratory of publishing technology and standards of the National Press and Publication Administration. Guests from the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee Publicity Department attended the ceremony.

Xu Yeqin, vice president of Wuhan University, said that cross-integration is the trend of discipline innovation and development, and it is also the key to the construction of liberal arts laboratories. As a pioneer in the development of new liberal arts in Wuhan University, the discipline of information management should use the key laboratory of semantic publishing and knowledge services as a starting point to promote the development of an innovation system in the publishing industry and serve the high-quality development of the publishing industry.

Professor Fang Qing, the director of the laboratory, issued a letter of appointment to the representatives of the members of the laboratory academic committee. Ao Ran, director of the laboratory academic committee, presided over the work seminar.

It is learnt that the Semantic Publishing and Knowledge Service Laboratory was approved as a key laboratory of the National Press and Publication Administration in February 2021. The laboratory is led by the School of Information Management of our university, and is jointly constructed by 4 units including Social Science Academic Press, Tongfang Knowledge Network (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd., China Machine Press and Changjiang Media Co., Ltd.