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.