Fujian Provincial Library is a comprehensive provincial public library organized by the state. It is an academic service institution open to the public, providing books, newspaper borrowing and reference services. It is also the center of book collection, cataloging, inter-library cooperation and coordination, library science research and professional training in the province. Its predecessor was the Aofeng Ancestral Hall Affiliated Library, which became an independent provincial public library in the third year of Qing Dynasty (19 1 1 February).

The foundation stone was laid in19911165438, and it was completed and put into use in 1995. It is one of the key projects of Fujian Provincial Party Committee and provincial government to do practical things for the people of the whole province. The new building is beautiful and generous in shape, which brings together many local architectural styles in Fujian, such as round earth buildings in western Fujian, red brick houses in southern Fujian, Fuzhou and Putian dwellings, supplemented by open squares, lawns and three inner courtyard gardens. With strong local flavor and distinctive characteristics of the times, it is one of the top ten outstanding architectural landscapes in Fuzhou. According to the function, the main body of the new library is divided into six areas: center, reading, computer audio-visual microfilm, exhibition report, library room and office, which are connected into a whole by the inner corridor. The building covers a total area of 25,000 square meters, with 19 different types of reading rooms, 1000 reading seats, and an 8-storey library design, with a total collection of 3.3 million books. The old library located at No.28 Dongjie Street has a building area of 1 1000 square meters, and is equipped with a children's branch and Cao Fang Bookstore (Qianmu Old Library is being rebuilt, and the children's branch is temporarily moved to Fujian Provincial Museum).