Encyclopedia of China
"Encyclopedia of China" published by the China Encyclopedia Publishing House, the People's Republic of China is the first large-scale comprehensive encyclopedia, is also one of the world's larger encyclopedia. The book editing process lasted 15 years (1978 - September 18, 1993), a total of more than 20,000 experts involved in the preparation. "Encyclopedia of China" contains 66 subjects, 80,000 entries, a total of 126 million Chinese characters and more than 50,000 pieces of illustrations. A total of 74 volumes, including philosophy, social sciences, literature and art, culture and education, natural science, engineering and other disciplines and fields. The first edition of the encyclopedia is a special one is that it is in accordance with the field to arrange the entry, rather than the book in accordance with the order of uniform order. This makes it possible for each of its volumes to be a special dictionary for this field. The book published a simple version, CD-ROM version and online version and other versions. The editorial work of the second edition of "Encyclopedia of China Encyclopedia" was formally approved by the State Council of China in December 1995. It was published on April 16, 2009, with a total of 32 volumes (30 volumes, 2 volumes), 60,000 entries , About 60 million words, 3 million illustrations, 1 thousand maps. Unlike the first edition, it does not arrange entries by field, and is arranged alphabetically by the alphabetical order of the entries. ...