China Bible publisher prints 50 millionth

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Christian group in China says it has printed its 50 millionth Bible, many of which go to believers in the communist nation.

The Amity Printing Co., the only authorized Bible publisher in China, has printed about 43 million copies of the Bible for Chinese believers.

The remaining 7 million were exported to more than 60 countries and regions around the world, China's official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.

Copies were published in Braille and eight languages.

Ye Xiaowen, head of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, said the Chinese government supports printing and publishing Bibles in China, the news agency reported.

The Chinese government estimates there are about 16 million Christians in China.