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Based on the Overseas Publication Information Access by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, this paper examined the publication trends and the characteristics of varying genres by dividing the periods into decades from the 1930s to 2013. The result of the examination showed: between the 1950s, when books translated Korean into Chinese began to publish in earnest, and the 1990s, ideology, politics, and diplomatic concerns served as primary influential factors in the total quantity and genres of publications; in the 2000s, the Korean Wave and the adoption of free market principles into the Chinese book publishing industry contributed to the explosive increase in the total number of publications, particularly in popular novels; in the mid and late 2000s, a considerable increase was detected in the publication of serious literature books translated into Chinese, sponsored by Korean institutions, including the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, and the genres of publications were diversified in response to the varying demands of Chinese readers.