| 21-17 Statistics on Books Published in China by Categories (2009) | |||
| Category | Number of | Printed | Printed |
| Publications | Copies | Sheets | |
| (item) | (10 000 copies) | (1 000 sheets) | |
| Total | 301719 | 703675 | 56550271 |
| Publications with "China International | 300892 | 702338 | 56381725 |
| Standard Book Number" | |||
| Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought | 495 | 808 | 137213 |
| Philosophy | 6429 | 4962 | 776395 |
| General Social Sciences | 4112 | 2609 | 427242 |
| Politics and Law | 13730 | 19423 | 2042712 |
| Military Affairs | 917 | 681 | 90575 |
| Economics | 25273 | 15468 | 2559192 |
| Culture, Science, Education and Sports | 102597 | 530481 | 34585687 |
| Languages | 16721 | 20220 | 2829850 |
| Literature | 24993 | 26989 | 3285112 |
| Arts | 15067 | 14020 | 960446 |
| History and Geography | 11401 | 15406 | 1619602 |
| General Natural Sciences | 901 | 1216 | 89790 |
| Mathematics and Chemistry | 5505 | 3672 | 590508 |
| Astronomy and Geology | 1659 | 1290 | 100964 |
| Biology | 1618 | 1028 | 128422 |
| Medicine and Health Care | 14584 | 10730 | 1632983 |
| Agricultural Science | 6978 | 5357 | 398899 |
| Industrial Technology | 40938 | 21501 | 3441338 |
| Transportation | 3313 | 2336 | 299844 |
| Aeronautics and Aerospace | 312 | 122 | 15615 |
| Environmental Science | 1447 | 2065 | 137979 |
| General Books | 1902 | 1954 | 231357 |
| Publications without "China International | 827 | 1337 | 168546 |
| Standard Book Number" | |||
| Pictures | 827 | 1337 | 27747 |
| Standards Publications such as | 81433 | ||
| National Standards, Ministry Standards | |||
| Loose-leaf Collectanea, Loose-leaf Song | 59366 | ||
| and Prints of Small Volume | |||