21-9 Statistics on Public Library by Region (2009)
Region							Number of	Number of
	Number	Total	Purchased	Total	Number	Number of	Books and	Seats in
	of Public	Collections	this	Length of	of	Readers	Magazines	Reading
	Library	(1000	Year	Bookshelves	Circulation	Having	Lent to	Room
	(unit)	volumes)		(1000 m)	(1000	Borrowed	Readers	(unit)
					person-	Books	(1000	(unit)
					times)		volume-
							times)
National Total	2850	585206	29389	12163	321675	132771	258573	601519
Central Level	1	27783	829		5209	832	2213	6550
Beijing	24	15888	1629	145	8235	3886	8900	12938
Tianjin	31	11587	894	103	6763	2521	6370	9486
Hebei	164	15492	927	296	7125	3820	5279	20457
Shanxi	126	11764	403	146	3497	1449	2415	14732
Inner Mongolia	113	8704	423	297	3096	1513	2419	16607
Liaoning	128	27849	1732	1017	16656	6077	14071	28395
Jilin	66	13384	640	214	4903	1906	4431	13486
Heilongjiang	100	15716	602	216	6166	2350	5604	16705
Shanghai	29	65934	1967	431	14599	5561	14525	16839
Jiangsu	109	40710	2047	2110	27866	14811	24448	35436
Zhejiang	96	35517	3210	561	42532	12144	27854	34924
Anhui	89	11362	819	189	6714	3552	5777	15380
Fujian	85	15424	955	274	11820	6366	11288	22071
Jiangxi	108	14736	390	180	5958	3072	5175	22037
Shandong	150	35153	1716	515	16030	9193	15439	36011
Henan	142	17245	689	290	10109	5892	9523	23680
Hubei	107	21813	678	1042	12712	5971	10468	27328
Hunan	120	18394	588	365	9402	4641	9582	28552
Guangdong	133	43674	3418	677	45651	12375	25360	58289
Guangxi	100	17597	607	321	11002	3683	7738	22649
Hainan	20	3407	184	234	1931	993	1340	4430
Chongqing	43	9880	577	121	5880	2903	7603	10308
Sichuan	156	24804	1604	1198	11514	5275	9489	26160
Guizhou	93	8003	244	147	2665	1445	2134	12172
Yunnan	150	15079	518	426	9619	3897	7700	20352
Tibet	4	500	8	24	24	9	22	686
Shaanxi	112	10588	371	167	3841	1903	2581	12656
Gansu	93	9510	216	169	4141	1981	3290	12529
Qinghai	44	4023	60	85	898	187	429	3062
Ningxia	20	4350	170	93	1471	745	1556	5298
Xinjiang	94	9338	272	111	3643	1818	3545	11314