20/KLOC-According to the official website information of the library in June/August, the total construction area of the National Library of China is 280,000 square meters. The library is divided into the south area of the main library, the north area of the main library and the ancient books library. The main building in the south area of the main library is a twin-tower building with double eaves.

Peacock orchid glazed tile roof, light milky gray tile exterior wall, granite base stone steps, white marble railings, with blue as the keynote, meaning beware of fire and water; There are 37,686,200 books in the collection, including nearly 2 million ancient books.

According to the library official website information from June, 2065438 to October, 2008, the National Library of China collected 37,686,200 books, including nearly 2 million ancient books. The total amount of digital resources exceeds 1000TB. The collection has inherited the royal collections of the past dynasties since the Southern Song Dynasty and the private collections of many famous artists since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The earliest collection can be traced back to Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins more than 3,000 years ago.

Special collections include more than 2.8 million copies of Dunhuang suicide notes, western region documents, precious ancient books, epigraphy rubbings, ancient maps, ancient books in minority languages, and famous manuscripts. Wen Jingue's Notes on Dunhuang, Zhao Zang, Yongle Dadian and Si Quan Shu are also called the "four academic collections" of the National Library of China.