Claim: China' has 2710 public libraries which include the Shanghai Municipal library with over seven million volumes and the National Library of China, the largest library in Asia with over 26 million volumes and a collection of other periodicals, newspapers, prints, maps, manuscripts, and inscriptions on various artifacts.
Evidence: There were 2,925 public libraries in China in 2011. With a collection of over 37 million items, it is one of the largest libraries in Asia and one of the largest in the world.