上海南京东路新华书店提供的1993年畅销书榜表明,实用性工具书占了五成,政治类读物占了四成,而文艺书仅占了一成。而上海另一张颇有权威的排行榜—1993年上海新华书店畅销书榜中,实用性占五成,政治类读物占二成,文艺书占三成。国人对国事关心,在改革开放中生活水平提高,生活节奏加快,对政治类读物和实用性、知识性读物需求甚大,而在选择 The 1993 bestseller list provided by Xinhua Bookstore in Nanjing East Road, Shanghai, shows that practical books account for 50%, political books make up 40%, and literary books only 10%. Another quite authoritative Shanghai chart - 1993 Shanghai Xinhua Bookstore bestseller list, practical accounted for 50%, political books accounted for two percent, literary books account for three percent. Concerned with the state affairs, people in China have raised their standard of living in the course of reform and opening up, and have accelerated the pace of their life. There is a great demand for political books, practical books and informative books,