21-13 Number of Books, Magazines and Newspaper Published in China
	Books Published				Magazines Published				Newspapers Published
			Printed	Printed	Number	Average	Total	Printed	Number	Average	Total	Printed
Year	Number	New	Copies	Sheets	of	Printed	Printed	Sheets	of News	Printed	Printed	Signa-
Region	of	Publi-			Publi-	Copies	Copies			Copies	Copies	tures
	Publi-	cations	(100	(100	cations	per Issue	(100	(100	Publish	per Issue	(100	(100
	cations		million	million	(kind)	(10 000	million	million	-ed	(10 000	million	million
	(kind)		copies)	sheets)		copies)	copies)	sheets)	(kind)	copies)	copies)	sheets)
1978	14987	11888	37.7	135.4	930	6200	7.6	22.7	186	4280	127.8	113.5
1979	17212	14007	40.7	172.5	1470	7960	11.8	30.1		4762	130.8	123.0
1980	21621	17660	45.9	195.7	2191	10298	11.3	36.7	188	6236	140.4	141.7
1981	25601	19854	55.8	217.7	2801	13096	14.6	45.4	242	7152	140.7	133.6
1982	31784	23445	58.8	222.0	3100	13885	15.1	15.1	277	8074	140.0	129.1
1983	35700	25826	58.0	232.4	3415	15995	17.7	52.5	340	9611	155.1	142.7
1984	40072	28794	62.5	260.6	3907	20440	21.8	64.3	458	16246	180.8	162.3
1985	45603	33743	66.7	282.8	4705	23952	25.6	77.3	1445	19107	246.8	202.8
1986	51798	39426	52.0	220.3	5248	21980	24.0	68.1	1574	18387	242.7	203.5
1987	60213	42854	62.5	261.3	5687	24375	25.9	72.7	1611	20275	264.5	223.6
1988	65962	46774	62.3	269.0	5865	23275	25.5	71.2	1537	19788	267.8	231.3
1989	74973	55475	58.6	243.6	6078	17145	18.4	50.7	1576	15288	207.0	179.5
1990	80224	55245	56.4	232.1	5751	16156	17.9	48.1	1444	14670	211.3	182.8
1991	89615	58467	61.4	266.1	6056	18216	20.6	54.4	1524	16393	236.5	205.8
1992	92148	58169	63.4	280.4	6486	20506	23.6	62.7	1657	18031	257.9	238.8
1993	96761	66313	59.3	282.3	7011	20780	23.5	64.2	1788	18478	263.8	287.1
1994	103836	69779	60.1	297.2	7325	19763	22.1	63.9	1953	17736	253.2	310.8
1995	101381	59159	63.2	316.8	7583	19794	23.4	67.0	2089	17644	263.3	359.6
1996	112813	63647	71.6	360.5	7916	19300	23.1	68.1	2163	17877	274.3	392.4
1997	120106	66585	73.1	364.0	7918	20046	24.4	73.3	2149	18259	287.6	459.8
1998	130613	74719	72.4	373.6	7999	20928	25.4	79.9	2053	18211	300.4	540.0
1999	141831	83095	73.2	391.4	8187	21845	28.5	96.8	2038	18632	318.4	636.7
2000	143376	84235	62.7	376.2	8725	21544	29.4	100.0	2007	17914	329.3	799.8
Beijing	2691	1519	0.5	3.8	158	374	0.5	3.9	34	479.7	9.0	37.8
Tianjin	2744	1543	0.6	4.3	234	469	0.5	1.7	26	366.0	6.0	10.4
Hebei	2014	1090	3.1	14.6	214	450	0.5	1.4	66	469.8	9.0	16.5
Shanxi	1532	1240	1.0	6.2	165	232	0.3	0.9	59	708.9	6.3	8.1
Inner Mongolia	1545	904	0.7	4.5	154	136	0.2	0.5	63	114.4	1.8	2.0
Liaoning	5008	2752	1.7	10.8	301	901	1.2	2.9	87	825.6	12.6	31.9
Jilin	3581	1926	1.3	8.9	225	444	0.6	1.7	55	554.1	5.5	7.6
Heilongjiang	2099	1352	1.0	5.0	319	609	0.8	2.5	75	432.4	7.3	11.9
Shanghai	12683	6926	2.5	19.0	613	1490	1.9	7.4	72	1119.3	16.7	44.5
Jiangsu	5143	2794	3.5	20.1	423	635	1.1	3.3	92	1230.9	23.3	43.0
Zhejiang	4106	1842	2.7	12.7	201	724	0.9	2.1	87	856.3	17.4	32.6
Anhui	2326	1088	3.1	14.7	151	622	0.8	2.0	50	407.9	7.6	11.5
Fujian	2634	1515	2.0	9.7	187	372	0.4	1.5	47	369.0	6.9	13.5
Jiangxi	1726	1115	2.0	9.0	181	637	0.9	1.9	40	236.1	4.0	6.6
Shandong	3883	2151	4.1	21.5	270	802	1.3	3.9	97	891.2	20.1	47.2
Henan	2419	1204	3.5	17.0	250	867	1.1	3.3	81	819.7	12.9	21.2
Hubei	4529	2445	2.9	15.4	393	1227	2.2	7.5	98	549.9	13.4	33.9
Hunan	3112	1734	2.4	12.1	245	966	1.1	2.1	54	590.5	8.3	12.8
Guangdong	4374	2534	2.7	14.8	337	1596	2.6	9.2	101	1631.0	34.6	176.7
Guangxi	2739	1500	2.4	11.5	191	412	0.5	1.5	60	294.2	5.6	8.3
Hainan	726	485	0.3	2.4	41	61	0.1	0.3	19	69.8	1.2	2.8
Chongqing	1706	869	1.1	5.7	123	287	0.3	1.4	31	247.8	4.9	15.6
Sichuan	3907	2146	2.7	15.6	273	440	0.5	1.6	81	759.7	15.0	42.6
Guizhou	827	348	1.0	4.4	98	91	0.1	0.4	35	127.9	2.9	5.8
Yunnan	1644	1002	1.3	6.6	125	236	0.3	0.9	47	173.3	3.6	6.8
Tibet	301	53	0.1	0.3	25	9			16	13.3	0.2	0.3
Shaanxi	3433	2080	1.6	8.3	260	353	0.5	1.9	48	346.5	7.0	21.7
Gansu	769	601	0.7	3.2	127	428	0.8	3.0	52	138.6	2.5	4.7
Qinghai	209	98	0.1	0.4	43	13			18	24.6	0.4	0.4
Ningxia	390	183	0.2	0.9	30	16		0.1	16	39.2	0.6	1.0
Xinjiang	3446	1911	0.7	3.8	174	110	0.1	0.4	94	163.1	2.9	5.3