Chinese Studies Resources: Yearbooks [Back to Table of Contents]

Chinese yearbooks can be classified into two types: general and statistical. The statistical yearbooks usually have "tong ji" in their titles. The information in these two types of yearbooks on the same subject can complement each other. For statistical yearbooks, please see the guide to Chinese statistics. This guide only deals with the general yearbooks.

Overview

Zhongguo nian jian gai lan- 中国年鉴概览 (2003) lists hundreds of Chinese yearbook titles. 207 titles are identified from the pre-1949 period, while 2280 yearbooks have been published since 1949. A checklist of Chinese Yearbooks at UCLA (call # Z6958 C5 R53 1995 (LC)+, East Asia Reading Room) is also helpful to identify yearbook titles.

Contemporary Yearbooks

National

Example: Zhongguo jing ji nian jian 中国经济年鉴  HC427.92 C54839 SML Stacks (latest issue in East Asia Reading Room).

Industry-specific

Example: Zhongguo yin shua nian jian 中国印刷年鉴  Z186 C5 C54 (LC)+ SML Stacks (latest issue in East Asia Reading Room).

Academic

Example: Zhongguo kao gu xue nian jian 中国考古学年鉴  DS715 C54 SML Stacks (latest issue in East Asia Reading Room).

Provincial-level

Example: Beijing nian jian 北京年鉴  DS795 A2 P43 SML Stacks (latest issue in East Asia Reading Room).

Historical Yearbooks (~1949)

Quan guo Zhong wen qi kan lian he mu lu 全国中文期刊联合目录, 1833-1949  Z6945 C58 1981, East Asia Reading Room