22-10  Statistics on Public Libraries by Region (2011)
Region                                  
Number Total     Number Number of Number of Number of                  
of Public Collections Collections Accumulative of Readers Books and Seats in Floor Space of Number of Attending Exhibitions Visiting Training Attending Computers Terminals
Library (10 000 of Public Number of Circulation Having Magazines Reading Buildings of Public  Lectures Lectures   Exhibitions Courses Training (set) of Electronic
(unit) volumes) Libraries Library (10 000 Borrowed Lent to Readers Room Libraries Owned (time) (10 000 (unit) (10 000 (unit) (10 000   Reading 
    Owned Cards person- Books (10 000 (unit)  per 10 000    person-   person-   person-   Rooms
    Per Person Distributed times)   volume-   Population   times)   times)   times)    
    (volume) (units)     times)   (sq.m)                
                                   
National Total 2952 69719 0.52 22135831 38151 15316 28452 681441 73.8 35175 654 10479 2094 22597 189.7 157528 92649
   
Central Level 1 3137 1326672 448 31 49 4392 158 4 60 41 37 0.3 3180 236
   
Beijing 24 1912 0.95 621989 726 302 749 12510 82.8 1505 16 323 33 541 3.3 3261 1314
Tianjin 31 1354 1.00 422152 572 274 601 9969 121.4 495 7 128 14 367 2.3 2540 1434
Hebei 166 1739 0.24 608291 796 335 504 26541 41.9 1305 14 338 23 434 3.3 5221 2982
Shanxi 126 1320 0.37 216953 398 197 343 17164 76.9 1000 16 327 69 704 5.2 4327 3083
Inner Mongolia 114 1098 0.44 144829 373 173 357 17189 94.6 540 12 152 20 192 2.5 4215 2639
   
Liaoning 128 3093 0.71 1017803 1553 649 1426 30312 103.4 1188 22 503 93 1008 5.4 5787 2486
Jilin 65 1575 0.57 191801 611 234 403 14905 64.5 837 22 250 21 211 3.1 3269 1783
Heilongjiang 107 1770 0.46 712036 694 251 483 19688 67.5 750 16 287 41 453 3.3 4875 3369
   
Shanghai 25 6893 2.94 1117190 1926 606 1715 20017 158.6 1486 18 332 81 1357 8.8 5447 1613
Jiangsu 112 5382 0.68 2417274 3542 1545 2739 39798 85.8 2083 42 640 120 1689 10.2 8843 4337
Zhejiang 97 4464 0.82 2029422 3971 1766 3660 35889 114.6 2797 39 803 221 4609 24.7 8853 4746
Anhui 100 1375 0.23 440488 1176 547 843 17026 41.0 847 16 253 47 622 9.7 5337 3669
Fujian 86 2043 0.55 579542 1315 616 1205 23981 114.9 1371 24 478 171 337 5.3 4288 2423
Jiangxi 114 1665 0.37 584780 756 420 590 23305 64.9 963 20 223 69 306 4.1 6040 4135
Shandong 150 3890 0.40 1389456 1915 1103 1608 37962 73.0 2513 44 682 80 1259 13.6 8676 5546
   
Henan 152 2122 0.23 580346 2062 805 1214 30097 44.9 1430 29 409 47 597 10.9 6699 4101
Hubei 109 2411 0.42 954873 1342 730 1114 25964 61.1 1243 33 329 77 686 10.1 5846 3568
Hunan 130 2362 0.36 650277 1215 585 1173 31404 55.6 1377 30 250 49 549 6.6 5238 3877
Guangdong 134 5890 0.56 3003851 6072 1329 2617 67810 92.8 4166 111 977 391 2026 16.5 11944 6331
Guangxi 108 1997 0.43 815493 1231 380 668 24007 55.5 834 23 282 59 786 4.0 5067 3336
Hainan 20 516 0.59 82738 150 56 103 4955 95.2 116 4 56 9 82 0.8 1241 749
   
Chongqing 43 1149 0.39 293639 777 436 721 13001 77.1 580 14 289 54 559 11.3 3332 1906
Sichuan 169 3136 0.39 513223 1433 619 1042 32082 48.1 1435 22 571 88 967 9.6 6985 4332
Guizhou 94 1194 0.34 241274 314 120 164 22028 49.3 470 6 272 17 266 2.0 4054 2390
Yunnan 152 1699 0.37 301615 993 415 982 22129 72.2 1113 12 185 33 524 2.6 6473 4733
Tibet 4 57 0.19 5903 3 1 2 636 80.4 9 180 164
   
Shaanxi 112 1223 0.33 227598 560 215 372 15811 58.0 858 9 314 31 479 3.3 4770 3021
Gansu 100 1160 0.45 218125 473 234 389 14514 67.0 862 12 238 21 329 2.3 3931 2801
Qinghai 49 368 0.65 125852 96 45 43 3319 81.7 168 1 118 3 88 0.3 1512 1340
Ningxia 27 517 0.81 88075 233 85 205 7298 177.1 147 4 52 10 90 1.2 1655 1229
Xinjiang 103 1210 0.55 212271 425 209 366 15738 80.5 529 11 358 59 443 3.0 4442 2976