Encyclopedia of China

Chinese language encyclopedia

Not to be confused with Chinese Encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia of China

Country| China
Language| Chinese
Subject| General
Genre| Reference encyclopedia
Publisher| Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

Publication date

| 1978–present
Media type| 74 Hardback Volumes
ISBN| 978-7-5000-7958-3

The Encyclopedia of China (Chinese: 中国大百科全书; pinyin: Zhōngguó Dà Bǎikē Quánshū; lit. 'China Great Encyclopedia') is the first large-entry modern encyclopedia in the Chinese language. The compilation began in 1978. Published by the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, the encyclopedia was issued one volume at a time, beginning in 1980 with a volume on astronomy; the final volume was completed in 1993. It comprised 74 volumes, with more than 80,000 entries.[1] Arranged by subject, which numbered 66 (some subjects occupy more than one volume), within each subject, entries were arranged by pinyin as many modern Chinese dictionaries have been. A Uyghur language edition was also published in 2015.[2]

A CD-ROM version and a subscription-based online version are also available. A second and more concise edition of the work was published in 2009.

The third online edition was released and published in the end of 2018,[3] which is free to use.[4] More than 20,000 scholars participated in this online encyclopaedia program which started in 2011, including some experts from Chinese Academy of Sciences. The encyclopedia has more than 300,000 entries.[5][6]

## See also[edit]

* Chinese encyclopedias

## References[edit]

1. ^ "China taking on Wikipedia with online encyclopaedia". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
2. ^ 《中国大百科全书》（维吾尔文版）新书首发仪式在乌鲁木齐举行. news.ts.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
3. ^ 《中国大百科全书》第三版编纂开始攻坚. 张隽. 《 中华读书报 》（ 2017年04月19日 01 版）
4. ^ 《中国大百科全书》将触网.
5. ^ China to launch national online encyclopaedia in 2018. China Plus.
6. ^ China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia. AFP.

## External links[edit]

* (in Chinese) The Encyclopedia of China, Third Edition.
* (in Chinese) The database of the encyclopedia of China.(subscription required)
* Introduction to Encyclopedia of China Database