Kolkata: Complete works of Rabindranath Tagore are being translated into Chinese, according to a city-based consortium which will participate in the Beijing international Book Fair beginning from August 30.

A marble statue of Tagore will be installed in Shanghai to mark the poet's 150th birth anniversary, president of the Consortium for Books and Culture Debajyoti Dutta said here on Wednesday.

He said there has been a sea-change in attitude of the Chinese authorities towards Rabindranath who visited that country in the first half the 20th century.

Dutta said India is the theme country at the Beijing Book Fair.

The organisation would also focus on Tagore to mark the poet's 150th birth anniversary.

He said that 28 organisations from India would take part in the fair.

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