The CTTP, which undertakes promotion and publicity for the China National Tourism Administration and tourist agencies, publishes tourist books, reference books, tour maps in different foreign languages to attract more foreign tourists. Foreign Language Editorial Department now produces tour maps in English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Arabic, and recipes in English and German. It has also published" Tourist Attractions in China" and "Tour Lines of Special Interest in China" specially for "Visit China'92".
The well-staffed Chinese Editorial Department produces various titles including tourist books, reference books, literary works and recipes. "Chinese Snacks", "The Tan's Cuisine, Beijing" and other four books won prizes at the First Applied Life Books Contest in 1991. Other Influential books published in recent years are "Dictionary of China's Provinces, Cities and Counties", "Dictionary of Flower and Bird Poetry appreciation", "The Firsts and Bests of People's Republic of China", "Chinese and Foreign Humors", etc.