麥克米倫集團 Macmillan
麥克米倫集團旗下擁有350家公司,在全球80多個國家開展業務,是全球最知名、最大的國際性出版機構之一。集團業務廣泛,涵蓋多種形式的、高品質的科學和學術、教育、大眾出版物,主要出版科技醫學、社會學期刊、非小說類和文學類圖書、教材、詞典及其他教學資料、專著和參考書,并提供豐富的網上資源。
作為一家私營公司,麥克米倫的優勢之一是注重健康發展和長效投資,勇于創新,大膽啟用有遠見的、富有創造力和商業意識的人才,極力發展和實施新的創意。正是這種專注使得集團能夠不斷成功地拓展新的業務領域,并有能力在數字化空間創新。
麥克米倫集團成立于1843年,1999年被德國家族企業Holtzbrinck收購,提供公司旗下所有公司和分支機構的資訊。Holtzbrinck是一家很大的德國出版公司,業務領域涉及圖書、雜志、報紙、電視、廣播和其他媒體。
麥克米倫集團中國出版部
中國出版部成立于1970年,出版業務主要涉及英語教材、科學和漢語語言教學三大領域。
成功發行的《新標準英語》教材目前在25個省份的3千多萬學生中使用,適用于小學一年級至大學二年級。教材包括兩套小學教材、兩套初中教材、一套高中教材和一套大學教材《新標準大學英語》。麥克米倫和其合作方還開發了一系列的英語閱讀輔助圖書和供高等院校學生使用的“大學英語創意”系列圖書和《大學英語》教材。
《〈自然〉百年科學經典》共十卷,收錄并翻譯了《自然》期刊自 1869 年創刊以來發表的 800余篇最具影響力的經典論文。《自然》期刊是世界上領先的國際性科技期刊。
在漢語教學領域,麥克米倫的拳頭產品針對海外的初級至中高級漢語學習者,其他輔助產品包括非常暢銷的漢語分級讀物系列《天天中文》和漢語學習詞典。
社會責任
麥克米倫致力于在中國推廣優質的教學法。麥克米倫中國有限公司與包括英國文化協會和各種中文教育機構在內的組織合作,一起支持和推動中文教師的專業發展。所發起的活動包括為英國的中文教師安排培訓課程,組織國際教育專家和培訓人員到中國舉行培訓活動,為各類學校、大專院校和慈善機構提供書籍和其他學習材料。
The Macmillan Group
With 350 companies operating in over 80 countries, the Macmillan Publishing Group is one of the largest and best-known international publishing groups in the world. It is characterized by high-quality academic and scholarly, educational, fiction and non-fiction publishing in many forms; from STM and social science journals to serious non-fiction and literary fiction; from educational course materials and dictionaries to college textbooks, monographs and reference works with supporting online resource sites.
As a privately-owned company, one of Macmillan's strengths is its ability to focus on organic development and investment for the long term. Macmillan prides itself on a willingness to innovate as well as on employing visionary people with the creative and business sense to develop and implement new ideas. This focus has led to the successful expansion of the group into new business areas and an ability to innovate, especially in the digital space.
Founded in 1843, Macmillan is now an integral part of the publishing group belonging to Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH. Macmillan's website, www.macmillan.com, has information on all the Macmillan subsidiary and associated companies. Holtzbrinck is a large, German-based publishing company with interests that include book, magazine and newspaper publishing, television, radio and other media.
China Publishing Division
Set up in 1970, the publishing activity of the China Publishing Division focuses on three areas: English, science and Chinese language teaching.
The highly successful New Standard English course is used in 25 provinces by more than 30 million students, from first-year primary school pupils to second-year university students.. The series consists of two primary courses, two junior high courses, a senior high course and a college course, New Standard College English. Macmillan and its partners also produce a range of supplementary English reading materials and the three-part Creative series and College English course, both for tertiary students.
Nature: the Living Record of Science, is a 10-volume bilingual collection of over 800 of the most influential papers published since 1869 by Nature, the world's leading scientific journal.
In the Chinese language teaching field, Macmillan's flagship title is Discover China, a course book designed for beginner to low-intermediate learners studying Chinese abroad. An accompanying range of books includes the highly popular graded Chinese reader series Tiantian Zhongwen (Chinese Every Day), and a Chinese character dictionary.
Social responsibility
Macmillan is highly committed to promoting quality teaching and learning practices in China. Macmillan China has cooperated with organizations including the British Council and Chinese education institutes to develop and support the professional development of Chinese teachers. Initiatives include arranging training courses for Chinese teachers in the UK, organizing international education experts and trainers to deliver training in China, and providing books and other learning materials to various schools, colleges and charitable organizations.