The National Library of China is located at No.33, Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, adjacent to the Gaoliang River in Baishiqiao and Zizhuyuan Park in Haidian District. The National Library of China covers an area of 7.24 hectares with a building area of 6,543,800 square meters. The main building is a high-rise building with twin towers, double eaves, glazed tile roof with empty sparrow column, light cream tile exterior wall, stone steps on granite pedestal and white marble railing. The whole building is blue, which means beware of fire and water.
The National Library of China is divided into the south library of the main library, the north library of the main library and the ancient books library, with a collection of 3 1 19000 volumes, including more than 2 million rare books of ancient books. In 2008, the National Library of China, with a building area of 280,000 square meters, was the largest library in Asia and ranked third in the world.
After 1949, the collection of the National Library of China increased by 400,000 volumes every year, and it accepted precious books and manuscripts donated by many domestic bibliophiles and famous scholars. Actively carry out scientific research and production reference services, publish a variety of joint catalogues and special bibliographies, and hold exhibitions and reports many times. From 65438 to 0957, according to the National Book Coordination Plan adopted by the State Council, the library, as the chairman of the Library Committee of China No.1 Center, has made contributions in presiding over book classification, national joint catalogue, unified catalogue card, librarian training and so on.