| Title | 中国国家书目 (China National Bibliography) |
| Web site address | https://www.nlc.cn/web/index.shtml |
| Start date | Began 1998 |
| Period covered | 1911 to date |
| Current size | 2.3 million |
| Media covered | Printed books or serials. |
| General selection criteria | Chinese printed publications published in China |
| Selection criteria for digital resources | No. |
| Exclusions policies applied | Digital resources, grey literature, pamphlets, etc. |
| Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic control | National Library of China |
| Web site address of national bibliographic agency | https://www.nlc.cn/web/index.shtml |
| Co-operative structures or relationships supporting the production of the national bibliography | Online Library Cataloging Center obtains records from its member libraries in China, with few relationships with ISBN and ISSN agencies |
| Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographies | Separate database for different materials types, such as monographs, serials and rare books |
| Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliography | Major part from National Library of China, some parts from member libraries of the Online Library Cataloging Center, which is located in NLC |
| Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangements | 70% of records are based on legal deposit copies and 30% from other sources |
| Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programme | CIP records are prepared by another institution under another government department, and CIP records are not included in national bibliographic services |
| Media & format options | MARC exchange file |
| Access options to national bibliographic metadata | Z39.50 |
| Metadata enhancements offered via online services | No |
| Web 2.0 services offered | No |
| Frequency of service updates | Daily |
| Target audiences for services | Members of the Online Library Cataloging Center under National Library of China |
| Uses made of services offered | Derived cataloguing, retrospective conversion, etc. |
| Pricing policy for national bibliographic services | Cost recovery policy. NBA is considering a free service in the future |
| Availability of metadata for re-use | Yes |
| Metadata formats | CNMARC, which is based on UNIMARC |
| Cataloguing code | Chinese Cataloging Rules (Based on ISBD and AACR2) |
| Levels of description offered | Full level (including subject indexing and authority control) |
| Subject standards | Classified Chinese Thesaurus |
| Name authority standards | Chinese Cataloging Rules |
| Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC? | Yes – Cataloguing Section |