Does the National Library need an appointment?

If you don't need to make an appointment, you can go directly, but you need to apply for a reader card for the first time.

The National Library of China is located at No.33, Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, adjacent to the Gaoliang River in Baishiqiao and Zizhuyuan Park in Haidian District. It is the National General Library, the National Bibliography Center and the National Ancient Books Protection Center. It is one of the largest and most advanced national libraries in the world.

Related information:

20/KLOC-According to the official website information of the library in June/August, the total construction area of the National Library of China is 280,000 square meters. The library is divided into the south area of the main library, the north area of the main library and the ancient books library. The main building in the south area of the main library is a twin-tower building with double eaves, glazed tile roof of malachite orchid, light cream tile exterior wall, stone steps on granite base and white marble railings. The whole building is blue.

There are 37,686,200 books in the collection, including nearly 2 million ancient books, and the total amount of digital resources exceeds 1000TB. It is the largest library in Asia and ranks third among the national libraries in the world. The library has 25 reading rooms, more than 5,000 reading seats, 1529 employees and 33 institutional departments.