| 21-13 Number of Books, Magazines and Newspapers Published in China | ||||||||||||
| Year | Books Published | Magazines Published | Newspapers Published | |||||||||
| Number | Printed | Printed | Number | Average | Total | Printed | Number | Average | Total | Printed | ||
| of | New | Copies | Sheets | of | Printed | Printed | Sheets | of | Printed | Printed | Sheets | |
| Region | Publi- | Publi- | (100 | (100 | Publi- | Copies | Copies | (100 | Publi- | Copies | Copies | (100 |
| cation | cation | million | million | cation | per Issue | (100 | million | cation | per Issue | (100 | million | |
| (kind) | copies) | sheets) | (kind) | (10 000 | million | sheets) | (kind) | (10 000 | million | sheets) | ||
| copies) | copies) | copies) | copies) | |||||||||
| 1978 | 14987 | 11888 | 37.7 | 135.4 | 930 | 6200 | 7.6 | 22.7 | 186 | 4280 | 127.8 | 113.5 |
| 1980 | 21621 | 17660 | 45.9 | 195.7 | 2191 | 10298 | 11.3 | 36.7 | 188 | 6236 | 140.4 | 141.7 |
| 1985 | 45603 | 33743 | 66.7 | 282.8 | 4705 | 23952 | 25.6 | 77.3 | 1445 | 19107 | 246.8 | 202.8 |
| 1990 | 80224 | 55245 | 56.4 | 232.1 | 5751 | 16156 | 17.9 | 48.1 | 1444 | 14670 | 211.3 | 182.8 |
| 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 |
| 2001 | 154526 | 91416 | 63.1 | 406.1 | 8889 | 20697 | 28.9 | 100.9 | 2111 | 18130 | 351.1 | 938.9 |
| 2002 | 170962 | 100693 | 68.7 | 456.4 | 9029 | 20406 | 29.5 | 106.4 | 2137 | 18721 | 367.8 | 1067.4 |
| 2003 | 190391 | 110812 | 66.7 | 462.2 | 9074 | 19909 | 29.5 | 109.1 | 2119 | 19072 | 383.1 | 1235.6 |
| 2004 | 208294 | 121597 | 64.1 | 465.6 | 9490 | 17208 | 28.3 | 110.5 | 1922 | 19522 | 402.4 | 1524.8 |
| 2005 | 222473 | 128578 | 64.7 | 493.3 | 9468 | 16286 | 27.6 | 125.3 | 1931 | 19549 | 412.6 | 1613.1 |
| 2006 | 233971 | 160757 | 64.1 | 512.0 | 9468 | 16435 | 28.5 | 136.9 | 1938 | 19703 | 424.5 | 1658.9 |
| 2007 | 248283 | 136226 | 62.9 | 486.5 | 9468 | 16697 | 30.4 | 157.9 | 1938 | 20545 | 438.0 | 1700.8 |
| Beijing | 4916 | 2502 | 0.62 | 6.83 | 169 | 203 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 35 | 377 | 9.5 | 55.1 |
| Tianjin | 3105 | 1877 | 0.44 | 3.89 | 245 | 285 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 27 | 361 | 9.2 | 53.3 |
| Hebei | 2042 | 1115 | 1.57 | 9.93 | 226 | 239 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 66 | 885 | 23.2 | 51.9 |
| Shanxi | 1964 | 1154 | 1.18 | 8.30 | 199 | 282 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 60 | 2576 | 21.1 | 32.6 |
| Inner Mongolia | 2261 | 1193 | 0.78 | 5.76 | 148 | 79 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 61 | 144 | 2.5 | 4.6 |
| Liaoning | 5533 | 3043 | 0.67 | 5.13 | 322 | 675 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 81 | 660 | 16.1 | 74.3 |
| Jilin | 4857 | 2415 | 1.26 | 9.92 | 236 | 469 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 50 | 645 | 9.0 | 34.0 |
| Heilongjiang | 3099 | 2336 | 0.53 | 4.01 | 314 | 277 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 72 | 385 | 7.8 | 27.1 |
| Shanghai | 16935 | 9063 | 2.24 | 22.32 | 626 | 1105 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 74 | 844 | 18.3 | 79.7 |
| Jiangsu | 10735 | 5592 | 4.95 | 30.51 | 439 | 418 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 80 | 1205 | 28.2 | 115.9 |
| Zhejiang | 6810 | 2880 | 2.55 | 14.78 | 218 | 556 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 70 | 1045 | 29.1 | 129.2 |
| Anhui | 3070 | 1492 | 1.72 | 9.05 | 176 | 457 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 51 | 481 | 10.7 | 32.8 |
| Fujian | 2678 | 2009 | 0.85 | 5.25 | 178 | 203 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 43 | 376 | 10.0 | 39.4 |
| Jiangxi | 2581 | 1635 | 1.42 | 8.20 | 162 | 241 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 40 | 300 | 6.8 | 21.3 |
| Shandong | 5998 | 2713 | 2.24 | 16.35 | 263 | 440 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 85 | 1042 | 27.7 | 137.7 |
| Henan | 3760 | 2313 | 2.26 | 13.63 | 244 | 447 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 79 | 892 | 21.0 | 53.0 |
| Hubei | 6657 | 4054 | 2.12 | 14.90 | 417 | 1110 | 2.4 | 11.0 | 74 | 626 | 15.9 | 48.4 |
| Hunan | 4215 | 2182 | 3.13 | 17.10 | 246 | 439 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 50 | 514 | 10.9 | 38.7 |
| Guangdong | 5646 | 3409 | 2.32 | 15.76 | 379 | 1126 | 2.6 | 15.0 | 101 | 1787 | 42.6 | 283.7 |
| Guangxi | 5020 | 2056 | 2.53 | 13.79 | 184 | 218 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 55 | 255 | 6.4 | 23.6 |
| Hainan | 1975 | 736 | 0.55 | 5.00 | 40 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 16 | 105 | 2.5 | 7.6 |
| Chongqing | 3407 | 1886 | 1.02 | 6.46 | 134 | 320 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 26 | 260 | 5.3 | 31.4 |
| Sichuan | 5091 | 3275 | 1.96 | 13.83 | 334 | 508 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 85 | 648 | 15.6 | 62.8 |
| Guizhou | 861 | 502 | 0.86 | 4.71 | 89 | 91 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 31 | 107 | 2.6 | 8.4 |
| Yunnan | 3117 | 1514 | 1.60 | 9.16 | 126 | 201 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 42 | 216 | 5.6 | 29.6 |
| Tibet | 371 | 172 | 0.12 | 0.84 | 34 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 23 | 18 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Shaanxi | 5252 | 2842 | 1.77 | 12.15 | 266 | 344 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 44 | 266 | 6.2 | 32.4 |
| Gansu | 1277 | 775 | 0.65 | 4.11 | 131 | 598 | 1.3 | 5.3 | 56 | 179 | 3.8 | 11.5 |
| Qinghai | 422 | 348 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 43 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25 | 32 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Ningxia | 372 | 359 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 34 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 15 | 51 | 1.1 | 2.7 |
| Xinjiang | 3760 | 1692 | 0.83 | 5.33 | 206 | 107 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 100 | 186 | 4.3 | 11.7 |
| a) Data in this table include those of central level units. | ||||||||||||