21-9  Statistics on Public Library by Region (2008)
Region							Number of
					Number		Books and
	Number	Total	Purchased	Total	of	Number of	Magazines	Number of
	of Public	Collections	this	Length of	Circulation	Readers	Lent to	Seats in
	Library	(1000	Year	Bookshelves	(1000	Having	Readers	Reading
		volumes)		(1000 m)	person-	Borrowed	(1000	Room
					times)	Books	volume-
							times)
National Total	2820	550635	28509	11122	281405	122508	231287	553547
Central Level	1	26967	752		3280	591	1654	5542
Beijing	24	14031	1287	198	8012	3914	9045	13011
Tianjin	32	11067	821	92	5670	2211	4287	9826
Hebei	163	14505	581	325	5938	3364	4748	21394
Shanxi	122	11015	436	145	2981	1480	2188	13437
Inner Mongolia	113	8311	261	280	2864	1066	2341	16038
Liaoning	128	25844	1429	462	14049	6310	14103	27814
Jilin	64	13454	517	182	8057	3557	5585	13763
Heilongjiang	101	15056	511	224	6128	2282	6737	14701
Shanghai	29	63941	1785	428	13704	5091	10724	16282
Jiangsu	106	37758	1691	2056	23835	13434	21434	31612
Zhejiang	94	31790	4887	820	26907	11108	23858	30743
Anhui	85	10734	572	112	5275	2747	4625	11642
Fujian	85	14579	1105	288	9312	5912	9454	19253
Jiangxi	105	13984	398	111	5473	2849	4822	18388
Shandong	147	31407	1514	487	14600	8452	13858	31527
Henan	142	16326	596	311	8050	4786	7343	20990
Hubei	104	21057	627	1032	12153	6264	10387	25758
Hunan	120	17660	574	336	9650	4719	9841	28262
Guangdong	132	39948	3217	899	41006	11730	20814	52110
Guangxi	100	16952	587	775	15184	3121	7229	19930
Hainan	20	2572	139	9	848	352	753	4046
Chongqing	43	9323	715	125	5049	2477	5386	8153
Sichuan	154	23049	1855	344	9518	4023	10709	24787
Guizhou	92	7314	256	96	2578	1037	1566	11549
Yunnan	150	14527	378	418	7539	2769	5680	20026
Tibet	4	498	22	11	29	25	48	480
Shaanxi	111	10022	314	146	4077	2135	3147	14008
Gansu	92	9288	206	172	3609	1916	3042	11007
Qinghai	43	3479	57	74	1041	530	961	2515
Ningxia	21	5234	135	45	1630	824	2036	3924
Xinjiang	93	8943	284	119	3359	1432	2882	11029