| 21-17 Statistics on Books Published in China by Categories (2008) | |||
| Category | |||
| Number of | Printed | Printed | |
| Publications | Copies | Sheets | |
| (items) | (10 000 copies) | (1 000 sheets) | |
| Total | 275668 | 693570 | 56073010 |
| Publications with "China International | 274520 | 691305 | 55898463 |
| Standard Book Number" | |||
| Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought | 402 | 1801 | 291712 |
| Philosophy | 5520 | 4036 | 605460 |
| General Social Sciences | 3645 | 2150 | 363886 |
| Politics and Law | 13306 | 15037 | 1812850 |
| Military Affairs | 667 | 458 | 75172 |
| Economics | 23496 | 15673 | 2502376 |
| Culture, Science, Education and Sports | 95954 | 526339 | 34190504 |
| Languages | 15528 | 20422 | 3078095 |
| Literature | 19585 | 23708 | 3093643 |
| Arts | 13331 | 16792 | 991317 |
| History and Geography | 10063 | 15552 | 1612482 |
| General Natural Sciences | 823 | 1804 | 109326 |
| Mathematics and Chemistry | 5556 | 4161 | 663457 |
| Astronomy and Geology | 1429 | 835 | 90532 |
| Biology | 1507 | 1050 | 153246 |
| Medicine and Health Care | 12961 | 9811 | 1614064 |
| Agricultural Science | 5316 | 3781 | 361854 |
| Industrial Technology | 39285 | 21676 | 3585322 |
| Transportation | 2915 | 1929 | 260165 |
| Aeronautics and Aerospace | 241 | 133 | 18111 |
| Environmental Science | 1323 | 1614 | 137654 |
| General Books | 1667 | 2543 | 287235 |
| Publications without "China International | 1148 | 2265 | 174547 |
| Standard Book Number" | |||
| Pictures | 1148 | 2265 | 56006 |
| Standards Publications such as | 92852 | ||
| National Standards, Ministry Standards | |||
| Loose-leaf Collectanea, Loose-leaf Song | 25689 | ||
| and Prints of Small Volume | |||