Official name of the country:
Zhonghuá Rénmín
Gònghéguó
(People's Republic of China)
Note: IFLA adheres to the principle of one China. The names of the
institutions are listed as they have been submitted. However the
names of Taipei institutions containing the word "national" do not
have the recognition of the China Society of Library Science, the
only authorized IFLA Association Member in China
Official language: Chinese
Official name of Parliament:
Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui
(National People's Congress)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Member of the ASGP
2. Address
Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui
Changwuweiyuanhui
Bangongting Tushuguan
Renmin Dahuitang
Beijing 100 805
Tel.: *(86)(10)63097509; 63099519
Fax: *(86)(10)63097914
Telex: 222428 NPC CN
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For the parliament of Hong Kong see: 
Hong
Kong
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1955
Person in charge: Mr CAI Rui
Qing
Position or official title: Quanguo
Renda Changweihui Bangonting Tushuguan Guanzhang
Number of library staff: 14
Number of professional librarians:
9
Size of collection: 200.000
Number of annual accessions:
8.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 400.000
RMBØ (~ US$ 48.000)
Number of current periodicals:
500
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: No
Number of current newspapers:
80
Press cuttings: No
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes
Library in charge of the archival materials
of the Parliament: Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue
accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?:
Yes
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff
Number of reading rooms: 2 (20)
Number of loans per year: 4.000
Reference services: Yes
Current bibliographies: No
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: No
Analysis and research: No
Any other information: The English
translation of the library's name is Library of the General Office
of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Index to topical materials and references relating to
the Chinese constitution and system of People's Congress
6. Parliamentary documents
* Collection of documents of the National People's
Congress of the People's Republic of China
* Communiqué of the session of the Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's
Republic of China
* Chronicle of major events of the National People's
Congress and its Standing Committee
(updated in September 1995)
