Abstract:

TaofenPublishingWinnersisthetypicalgroupofoutstandingpublishersinChina.Thispaper
madeuseofthepublicinformationonTaofenfoundationandotherrelatedorganizationstodepictacollective
characteristicsforthe168winnersoftheTaofenpublishingawardduring1987—2014， accordingtoawhole
setofsociologicalvariables,includinggender,age,publishingseniority,educationbackground,administrative
post,professionaltitle,therankandpositionofpublishingagency.