For the first time in the recent history of Bible printing in China the production of pocket-sized Bibles in 2004 exceeded that of the standard-sized Bible by 500,000. The trend is continuing in 2005 with 500,000 produced in the first 4 months of the year compared with 300,000 of the standard-sized Bibles. The reason for the change in preference is an increasing demand for Bibles from young Chinese. More and more of them are asking for Bibles and the pocket-sized edition is the one they want.

The last two years have also seen a significant rise in demand for Chinese-English diglot Bibles. Distribution doubled from 2003 to 2004 when 113,000 copies were sold. In the first four months of this year, 45,000 have already been sold. Again, it is the younger generation of Chinese Christians who are keen to hone their skills in English by using the diglot Bible, who are driving this change in preference.

In the next few months a CD-ROM version of the diglot Chinese-English Bible will be distributed. After years of prayer and discussion with the authorities, the United Bible Societies (UBS) and the Shanghai headquarters of the China Christian Council (CCC) received permission to go ahead with the production of these CD-ROM Bibles. They are the first legally approved and locally produced CD-ROM Bibles in China. Initially, 10,000 copies will be distributed.

Former General Manager of the Amity Printing Press (APP), Rev. Peter McInnis, revealed in an open letter in 1994: "When I came to China in 1988 … the [Chinese] government would not let us print Bibles; we would be forced to print Communist propaganda; our Bibles would not be allowed to include Daniel or Revelations; no Bibles could be printed in simplified characters that young people read; Bibles could not be sold to Christians; Christians buying Bibles would have to register and be subject to harassment; Christians in house churches would not be allowed to buy Bibles. By the time I left in 1993 Amity had printed and the China Christian Council distributed more than 5.5 million Bibles."

According to Dr. Han Wenzao, General Secretary of the Amity Foundation, as of spring 2004, more than 36 million Bibles have been printed at the Amity Printing Press.