Social Science Literature Publishing House of China Academy of Social Sciences has published a series of blue books, such as Economic Blue Book, Social Blue Book, Blue Book of Rule of Law, China New Media Development Report, etc. , is the authoritative annual report in this field. Blue books usually represent the views of scholars or the academic views of research teams.
The extended information documents of all countries have their usual colors, and the cover is white, which is called white paper, such as China and the United States; The cover is blue, called blue book, such as Britain; There are also red (such as Spain), yellow (such as France) or green (such as Italy), which are called red book, yellow book and green book respectively.
However, a country can use multiple document cover colors. For example, Japan's annual defense report is a white paper, and its annual diplomatic report is a blue book, that is, a blue book.
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