The National Library of China is situated at the No. 33 Zhongguancun South Main Street. The main building is a twin-tower building, featuring double eaves, grand roof covered with glazed tiles in peacock blue and external walls fixed with light grey ceramic tiles.It is divided into south library, north library and ancient books library including 31.19 million volumes with more than 2 million volumes of rare ancient books. Covering an area of 280,000m2, it was the largest library in Asia and the third in the world with a grand collection of books in 2008.

Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 from Monday to Sunday

Address: No. 33 Zhongguancun South Main Street (nearby Xizhimenwai Street) 中关村南大街33号(近西直门外大街)

Transportation: take Subway Line 4 or Line 9 to National Library Station (国家图书馆); or take bus to National Library Stop (国家图书馆), then walk to the destination.