The libraries in Beijing include: 1. National Library of China The National Library of China is located at No. 33, Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, adjacent to Baishiqiao Gaoliang River and Zizhuyuan Park in Haidian District.

It is the National General Library, the National Bibliographic Center, and the National Ancient Books Protection Center; it is one of the largest and most advanced national libraries in the world.

Selected into the third batch of China's 20th century architectural heritage projects.

On October 11, 2018, it was selected into the list of “National Research and Practice Education Base for Primary and Secondary School Students”.

The predecessor of the National Library of China was the Capital Library, which was planned to be established on September 9, 1909. In 1931, the Wenjin Street building was completed (now the Ancient Books Library of the National Library); after the founding of New China, it was renamed the Beijing Library.

The new library was completed in 1987. With the approval of the State Council on December 12, 1998, the Beijing Library was renamed the National Library and known to the outside world as the National Library of China.

2. Peking University Library Peking University Library is one of the earliest modern new libraries in China. It was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key ancient book protection units. It has developed into a resource-rich, modern, comprehensive and open library.

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The Peking University Library was formerly known as the Beijing University Hall Library founded in 1898. After the Revolution of 1911, the Beijing University Hall Library was renamed Peking University Library; in 1952, the Peking University Library merged with the former Yenching University Library; in 2000

In 2006, Peking University and Beijing Medical University merged, and the original Beijing Medical University Library was renamed Peking University Medical Library.

3. Tsinghua University Library Tsinghua University Library was approved by the State Council as one of the first batch of national key ancient book protection units, with the goal of building a research-oriented, digital, open and civilized modern library.

Tsinghua University Library was founded in 1911 as Tsinghua Academy. It was restructured into Tsinghua School in 1912 and the Tsinghua School Library was established. In March 1919, the independent library building (now the east part of the old library) was completed and renamed Tsinghua School Library.

In 1928, it was renamed National Tsing Hua University Library; in 1949, it was renamed Tsing Hua University Library; in September 1991, a new library built with donations from Mr. Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong and funds from the National Education Commission was completed, and was later named "Rose Library"

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4. Library of Renmin University of China The Library of Renmin University of China was founded in 1937. The Beijing Regional University Library Documentation Resource Assurance System (BALIS) Management Center and the China Higher Education Documentation Assurance System (CALIS) Beijing Center are both located in this library.

It is also an important hub for the sharing of higher education literature resources in Beijing and a library focusing on humanities and social sciences in Chinese higher education institutions.

As of May 2015, the National People's Congress Library has two buildings with a total construction area of ??more than 56,000 square meters, a total collection of 3.5 million books, more than 300 kinds of databases, and more than 150 librarians.

5. Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Library The Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Library was built in 1952.

By the end of 2013, the collection of printed books and periodicals had reached 2.759 million volumes.

As the largest aerospace professional library in the country, the collection has distinctive characteristics of aerospace and engineering disciplines, and has a complete collection of documents related to aerospace science and technology reports and engineering fields.