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Encyclopedia of China

Chinese language encyclopedia

Summary

Chinese language encyclopedia

Field	Value
name	Encyclopedia of China
image	Encyclopedia of China.jpg
image_size	276px
country	People's Republic of China
language	Chinese
subject	General
genre	Reference encyclopedia
publisher	Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
release_date	1978–present
media_type	74 hardback volumes
isbn	978-7-5000-7958-3

The Encyclopedia of China () 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. 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.

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, which is free to use. 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.

References

"China taking on Wikipedia with online encyclopaedia". South China Morning Post.
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[https://www.yahoo.com/tech/china-launch-own-encyclopaedia-rival-wikipedia-080927852.html China to launch own encyclopaedia to rival Wikipedia]{{Dead link. (November 2023)

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