National Key Units for the Protection of Ancient Books

Proposed by the Ministry of Culture (now Culture and Tourism) and approved by the State Council, announced together with the National Catalogue of Precious Ancient Books. 203 entries; linked names have their own page on this site.

Beijing · Tianjin · Hebei · Shanxi · Inner Mongolia · Liaoning · Jilin · Heilongjiang · Shanghai · Jiangsu · Zhejiang · Anhui · Fujian · Jiangxi · Shandong · Henan · Hubei · Hunan · Guangdong · Guangxi · Chongqing · Sichuan · Guizhou · Yunnan · Tibet · Shaanxi · Gansu · Qinghai · Ningxia · Xinjiang

Beijing (19)

1. National Library of China (2008)
2. Capital Library (2008)
3. Library of the Chinese National Academy of Arts (2008)
4. Peking University Library (2008)
5. Tsinghua University Library (2008)
6. Beijing Normal University Library (2008)
7. Minzu University of China Library (2008)
8. The Palace Museum (2008)
9. National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2008)
10. Library of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2008)
11. Library of the Institute of Literature, CASS (2008)
12. Library of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (2008)
13. First Historical Archives of China (2008)
14. China Ethnic Library (2009)
15. Library of the Institute of History, CASS (2009)
16. Military Library of the PLA Academy of Military Science (2009)
17. Renmin University of China Library (2013)
18. National Museum of China (2020)
19. Capital Normal University Library (2020)

Tianjin (4)

1. Tianjin Library (2008)
2. Nankai University Library (2009)
3. Tianjin Normal University Library (2016)
4. Tianjin Museum (2020)

Hebei (6)

1. Hebei University Library (2009)
2. Hebei Library (2010)
3. Shijiazhuang Library (2010)
4. Baoding Library (2010)
5. Hebei Normal University Library (2016)
6. Tangshan Library (2020)

Shanxi (6)

1. Shanxi Library (2008)
2. Shanxi Museum (2008)
3. Qixian County Library (2009)
4. Taiyuan Library (2010)
5. Shanxi University Library (2010)
6. Shanxi Normal University Library (2013)

Inner Mongolia (4)

1. Inner Mongolia Library (2008)
2. Ordos Library (2020)
3. Bayannur Library (2020)
4. Library of the Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences (2020)

Liaoning (9)

1. Liaoning Provincial Library (2008)
2. Dalian Library (2008)
3. Shenyang Library (2010)
4. Liaoning University Library (2010)
5. Liaoning Provincial Museum (2013)
6. Liaoning Provincial Archives (2016)
7. Shenyang Normal University Library (2016)
8. Lüshun Museum (2016)
9. Ci'en Temple, Shenyang (2020)

Jilin (6)

1. Northeast Normal University Library (2008)
2. Jilin Provincial Library (2009)
3. Changchun Library (2009)
4. Jilin City Library (2009)
5. Jilin University Library (2009)
6. Library of the Jilin Academy of Social Sciences (2010)

Heilongjiang (5)

1. Heilongjiang Provincial Library (2008)
2. Qiqihar Library (2009)
3. Harbin Normal University Library (2009)
4. Heilongjiang University Library (2010)
5. Harbin Library (2020)

Shanghai (7)

1. Shanghai Library (2008)
2. Fudan University Library (2008)
3. Shanghai Museum (2008)
4. Shanghai Normal University Library (2009)
5. East China Normal University Library (2009)
6. Library and Information Center, Shanghai University of TCM (2009)
7. Library of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (2010)

Jiangsu (21)

1. Nanjing Library (2008)
2. Suzhou Library (2008)
3. Changshu Library (2008)
4. Nanjing University Library (2008)
5. Nanjing Normal University Library (2008)
6. Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Library (2008)
7. Soochow University Library (2008)
8. Nanjing Museum (2008)
9. Wuxi Library (2009)
10. Nantong Library (2009)
11. Zhenjiang Library (2009)
12. Wujiang Library (2009)
13. Yangzhou University Library (2009)
14. Jinling Library (2010)
15. Changzhou Library (2010)
16. Yangzhou Library (2010)
17. Xuzhou Library (2010)
18. Jiangsu Normal University Library (formerly Xuzhou Normal University) (2010)
19. Nanjing Municipal Museum (2010)
20. Suzhou Museum (2010)
21. Taizhou Library (Jiangsu) (2016)

Zhejiang (13)

1. Zhejiang Library (2008)
2. Tianyi Pavilion Museum, Ningbo (2008)
3. Hangzhou Public Library (2009)
4. Wenzhou Library (2009)
5. Jiaxing Library (2009)
6. Shaoxing Library (2009)
7. Zhejiang University Library (2009)
8. Yuhai Tower (Rui'an Museum) (2009)
9. Zhejiang Provincial Museum (2010)
10. Xiling Seal Art Society (2013)
11. Ningbo Library (2020)
12. Pinghu Library (2020)
13. Yuyao Cultural Relics Protection Office (2020)

Anhui (10)

1. Anhui Provincial Library (2008)
2. Anhui University Library (2009)
3. Anhui Normal University Library (2009)
4. China Huizhou Culture Museum (2009)
5. Anhui University of Chinese Medicine Library (2010)
6. Anhui Museum (2010)
7. Wuhu Library (2016)
8. West Anhui University Library (2016)
9. Shexian County Museum (2016)
10. Anqing Library (2020)

Fujian (3)

1. Fujian Provincial Library (2008)
2. Fujian Normal University Library (2009)
3. Xiamen University Library (2009)

Jiangxi (7)

1. Jiangxi Provincial Library (2009)
2. Pingxiang Library (2009)
3. Ganzhou Library (2010)
4. Lushan Library (2013)
5. Leping Library (2013)
6. Jiangxi Provincial Museum (2013)
7. Jingdezhen Library (2016)

Shandong (14)

1. Shandong Library (2008)
2. Qingdao Library (2008)
3. Jinan Library (2009)
4. Yantai Library (2009)
5. Shandong University Library (2009)
6. Shandong Normal University Library (2009)
7. Shandong Museum (2009)
8. Qingdao Municipal Museum (2009)
9. Confucius Mansion Archives, Qufu (2009)
10. Tai'an Museum (2010)
11. Zibo Library (2010)
12. Wendeng Library (2010)
13. Qufu Normal University Library (2010)
14. Muxiang Library, Penglai (2013)

Henan (9)

1. Henan Provincial Library (2008)
2. Henan University Library (2008)
3. Xinxiang Library (2009)
4. Zhengzhou University Library (2009)
5. Zhengzhou Library (2010)
6. Luoyang Library (2013)
7. Shaolin Temple, Mount Song (2013)
8. Kaifeng Library (2016)
9. Nanyang Library (2016)

Hubei (8)

1. Hubei Provincial Library (2008)
2. Wuhan Library (2008)
3. Wuhan University Library (2009)
4. Hubei University Library (2009)
5. Central China Normal University Library (2010)
6. Hubei Provincial Museum (2010)
7. Xishui County Museum (2010)
8. Xiangyang Library (2013)

Hunan (3)

1. Hunan Library (2008)
2. Hunan Normal University Library (2009)
3. Library of the Hunan Academy of Social Sciences (2009)

Guangdong (5)

1. Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province (2008)
2. Sun Yat-sen University Library (2008)
3. South China Normal University Library (2009)
4. Jinan University Library (2009)
5. Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences (2020)

Guangxi (4)

1. Guangxi Library (2009)
2. Guangxi Normal University Library (2009)
3. Guilin Library (2010)
4. Liuzhou Library (2010)

Chongqing (4)

1. Chongqing Library (2008)
2. Beibei Library (2009)
3. Southwest University Library (2009)
4. Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum (2010)

Sichuan (8)

1. Chengdu Library (2009)
2. Luzhou Library (2009)
3. Nanchong Library (2009)
4. Sichuan University Library (2009)
5. Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, Chengdu (2009)
6. Sichuan Normal University Library (2013)
7. Sichuan Museum (2016)
8. Sichuan Library (2020)

Guizhou (3)

1. Guizhou Library (2008)
2. Libo County Archives (2008)
3. Guizhou Normal University Library (2009)

Yunnan (5)

1. Yunnan Provincial Library (2008)
2. Library of the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences (2010)
3. Chuxiong Yi Culture Research Institute (2020)
4. Xishuangbanna Prefecture Library (2020)
5. Yunnan Normal University Library (2020)

Tibet (4)

1. Tibet Museum (2013)
2. Potala Palace (2013)
3. Norbulingka (2013)
4. Tibet Autonomous Region Archives (2013)

Shaanxi (5)

1. Shaanxi Library (2008)
2. Shaanxi Normal University Library (2009)
3. Xi'an Museum (2010)
4. Northwest University Library (2010)
5. Xi'an Beilin Museum (2020)

Gansu (7)

1. Gansu Provincial Library (2008)
2. Lanzhou University Library (2009)
3. Labrang Monastery Library (2009)
4. Tianshui Library (2010)
5. Northwest Normal University Library (2020)
6. Northwest Minzu University Library (2020)
7. Ganzhou District Museum, Zhangye (2020)

Qinghai (1)

1. Qinghai Provincial Library (2020)

Ningxia (1)

1. Ningxia Library (2010)

Xinjiang (2)

1. Xinjiang Library (2009)
2. Xinjiang Office for Ethnic Minority Ancient Books (2016)