The Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 opens Tuesday in Frankfurt, Germany, with China as its Guest of Honor.

The book fair, from October 13 to 18, is the world's largest and most important of its kind, with over 400,000 books from more than 100 countries, and with over 180,000 international trade visitors and 124,000 new releases.

Some 270 publishers and over 2,000 traders from the Chinese mainland are participating in this year's book fair, setting up a new record.

(Xinhua News Agency October 13, 2009)