National Library of China
Also known as Zhōngguó Guójiā Túshūguǎn, 中国国家图书馆, NLC
library in Beijing, China
Key facts
- Location
- Beijing , China
- Type
- National library
- Established
- September 1909 (116 years ago) ( 1909-09 )
- Size
- 41 million (December 2020)
- Access requirements
- Open to the public
- Population served
- 1.4 billion
- Director
- vacant since April 2024
- Website
- nlc.cn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- National Library of China
- Official website
- www.nlc.gov.cn
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The National Library of China (NLC) is the national library of China, located in Haidian, Beijing, and is one of the largest libraries in the world. It contains over 41 million items as of December 2020. It holds the largest collection of Chinese literature and historical documents in the world and covers an area of 280,000 square meters. The National Library is a public welfare institution funded by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The collections of the National Library have inherited the royal collections since the Southern Song Dynasty and private collections since the Ming and Qing dynasties. The oldest collections can be traced back to the oracle bones of Yin Ruins more than 3,000 years ago.