Visit abroad in 2018 (January to December)
·From 7 February to 9 February, Zhang Zhiqing, Deputy Director of the NLC, Lin Shitian, Director of Office of China National Center for Preservation & Conservation of Ancient Books, Xie Dongrong, Deputy Director of the NLC Ancient Books Library, Li Wenjie, an associate research librarian of the NLC Ancient Books Library, and Zhao Shidi, a librarian, went to Japan for discussing book donation of the Eisei Bunko Museum.
·From 9 April to 13 April, Wei Chong, Director of the National Library of China Publishing House, and Wang Tao, Director of Digital Publishing Department, attended London Book Fair 2018 in Britain.
·From 16 April to 20 April, Zhang Zhiqing, Deputy Director of the NLC, and Liang Aimin, Secretary-general of China Ancient Books Preservation and Conservation Association, attended the 6th Seminar on Ancient Books Preservation and Dissemination in Taiwan.
·From 15 April to 19 April, Han Yongjin Director of the NLC, Zhang Xu, Director of the NLC International Cooperation Division, and Wu Kai, a librarian, visited Qatar National Library and signed Memorandum of Understanding between the National Library of China and the Qatar National Library.
·From 21 April to 24 April, Lin Shitian, Director of Office of China National Center for Preservation & Conservation, attended the 14th Sino-Japanese intergovernmental cultural exchange consultation meeting with the delegation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
·From 1 May to 5 May, Sun Boyang, Director of the NLC Legal Affairs Division, and Wei Mengmeng, a librarian of the NLC International Cooperation Division, attended the 26th Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania and the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians in Myanmar.
·From 9 May to 13 May, Gu Ben, Director of the NLC Foreign Language Publications Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, attended resource description and retrieval conference in Britain.
·From 23 May to 25 May, Chen Hongyan, Deputy director of the NLC Ancient Books Library, and Bai Hongye, an associate research librarian, attended International Symposium on Research Literature in Macao.
·From 25 May to 31 May, Tian Miao, Deputy Director of the NLC Social Education Department, Sun Yingying, deputy section leader of Cataloguing and Stack Management Section of the NLC Microforms Department, and Yang Xiaowei, deputy section leader of Planning and Coordination Section of the NLC Microforms Department, attended Cross-strait Symposium on Archives & Microforms.
·From 30 May to 3 June, An Jie, Director of the NLC Audit Division, and Ge Yancong, Deputy Director of the National Library of China Publishing House, attended American Book Fair.
·From 12 June to 19 June, Chen Li, Deputy Director of the NLC, Su Pinhong, Director of the NLC General Office, Ma Jing, Director of Office of Minguo Documents Preservation Project, Liu Yuanhong from the NLC International Cooperation Division, and Mao Jiarui from the NLC Digital Resource & Service Department, visited Britain, signed cooperation agreement with the British Library, and visited Germany.
·From 2 July to 28 September, Wu Beibei from Acquisitions and Cataloguing Section of Eastern Language Books, the NLC Foreign Language Publications Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, visited the National Library of Korea for business exchange.
·From 30 July to 3 August, Sun Yigang, Deputy Director of the NLC, Liao Yongxia, Deputy Director of the NLC Coordination & Operation Management Division, Lv Shuping, Deputy Director of the NLC Digital Resource & Service Department, and Guo Ni from the NLC International Cooperation Division, attended the 6th China-North America Library Conference.
·From 23 August to 30 August, Sun Yigang, Deputy Director of the NLC, Cao Ning, Director of the NLC Digital Resource & Service Department, Fan Hua, Deputy Director of the NLC Coordination & Operation Management Division, Xie Tian from the NLC International Cooperation Division, Wang Fei, from the NLC Coordination & Operation Management Division, Chen Xiaofan and Li Yang from the NLC Stack Management & Reading Services Department, and Zhang Xiaoyu from the NLC Legislative Reference Service Department, attended the IFLA IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Malaysia.
·From 17 September to 21 September, Huai Yan, Deputy Director of the NLC Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, and Jin Wenchang, a librarian of the NLC Chinese Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, attended Meeting of Directors of International Standard Series Number Management Organizations in America.
·From 29 September to 3 October, Chen Hongyan, Deputy Director of the NLC Ancient Books Library, attended the Conference of International Association of Printing Museums in Korea.
·From 20 October to 30 December, Wang Jing, associate research librarian of the NLC Digital Resource & Service Department, and Yuan Kun, assistant librarian of the NLC Stack Management & Reading Services Department, visited Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc. for business exchange.
·From 28 October to 4 November, Zhang Zhiqing, Deputy Director of the NLC, Yin Mengxia, Chief Editor of the National Library of China Publishing House, Xie Dongrong, Deputy Director of the NLC Ancient Books Library, Li Wei, section leader of Publications Exchange Section, the NLC Foreign Language Publications Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, and Yang Zhaokun, section leader of Training Section, Office of China National Center for Preservation & Conservation of Ancient Books, visited related institutions in Italy and Netherland.
·From 21 October to 25 October, Sun Yigang, Deputy Director of the NLC, Zhang Lijiang, Deputy Director of the NLC Reference Department, and Guo Ni from the NLC International Cooperation Division, attended BRICS Libraries Conference in South Africa.
·From 31 October to 4 November, Saren Gaowa, Deputy Director of the NLC Ancient Books Library, and Liu Bo, section leader of Dunhuang-Turpan Literature Section of the NLC Ancient Books Library, attended International Dunhuang Project Working Conference in Britain.
·From 5 November to 12 November, Chen Ying, Deputy Director of the NLC, Mao Yajun, Director of the NLC Coordination & Operation Management Division, Li Chunming, Director of the NLC Legislative Reference Service Department, Li Nan, Deputy Director of the NLC General Office, and Li Jizi, associate research librarian of the NLC Foreign Language Publications Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, visited the National Library of Korea for business exchange.
·From 14 November to 18 November, Wang Dongbo, Deputy Director of the NLC, and Diao Yizhuo, a librarian from the NLC Foreign Language Publications Acquisitions & Cataloguing Department, attended the 7th Saint Petersburg International Cultural Forum.
Visitors received in 2018 (January to December)
·On 17 January, Zhou Yuan, Director of the University of Chicago Library, visited the NLC for discussing cooperation details.
·On 7 February, Shakhrat Nuryshev, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to China, and his delegation, visited the NLC.
·On 28 February, Elaine Ng, Chief Executive Officer of the National Library Board, Singapore, and her delegation, visited the NLC.
·On 7 March, a 4-person delegation of the King Abdulaziz Public Library, led by Deputy Director, visited the NLC and discussed the Arab-China Digital Library Project.
·On 12 March, Zhou Yuan, Director of the University of Chicago Library, visited the NLC for discussing cooperation details.
·From 26 March to 30 March, Leslie Greene Bowman, President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and her delegation visited the NLC and discussed exhibition details.
·On 29 March, Director of the Bavarian State Library Preservation and Conservation Center visited the NLC.
·On 29 March, Dhia Khaled, Tunisian Ambassador to China, visited the NLC and discussed cooperation details.
·On 12 April, a 3-person delegation of the Copenhagen Central Library, Denmark visited the NLC.
·On 17 April, a 7-person delegation of the National Library of Sri Lanka visited the NLC.
·On 17 April, a 2-person delegation of Goethe Institute in Germany visited the NLC and discussed cooperation details.
·On 10 May, Project Manager of Europeana Digital Library visited the NLC and discussed cooperation details.
·On 14 May, a 15-person delegation of Cultural Relic Restoration Training Course of African countries visited the NLC.
·On 25 May, Deputy Director of the Qatar National Library visited the NLC and discussed cooperation details.
·On 29 May, Gerald Leitner, IFLA Secretary General, visited the NLC.
·On 30 May, Zhang Lian, professor of Fu Jen Catholic University, and his colleague visited the NLC.
·On 30 May, a 10-person delegation of Kyungpook National University Library visited the NLC.
·On 4 June, a 3-person delegation of Asian and African Division, the British Library, visited the NLC.
·On 11 June, the opening ceremony of cultural practice activities of students from Hong Kong and Macao was held in the NLC. 120 students attended the opening ceremony and visited the NLC.
·On 12 June, Heo Yongbom , Director of the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea, visited the NLC and discussed cooperation details.
·On 14 June, Elia George Kaiyamo, Namibian Ambassador to China, visited the NLC.
·On 20 June, Martin Gokonda, Director of the National Library of the Czech Republic, visited the NLC.
·From 26 June to 27 June, a 7-person delegation led by Morihiro Hosokawa, Former Japanese Prime Minister and Director of the Eisei Bunko Museum, visited the NLC for book donation.
·On 28 June, a 6-person delegation of the Central Library of Tribhuvan University of Nepal visited the NLC.
·On 4 July, a 15-person delegation of the National University of Mongolia Library visited the NLC.
·On 9 July, Hala Gad, Director of Information & Documentation Department, the League of Arab States Secretariat, and Abdulkareem A. Alzaid, Deputy Supervisor General of the King Abdulaziz Public Library of Saudi Arabia, visited the NLC and attended the 3rd working conference of the Arab-China Digital Library Project.
·On 13 July, the First Secretary of the Embassy of Georgia in China visited the NLC.
·On 22 July, a 18-person delegation of the Macao SAR Government, led by Chui Sai On, Chief Executive, visited the NLC.
·On 26 July, a 13-person delegation of Bureau for External Relations, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, visited the NLC for Party construction activity.
·On 27 July, a 15-person delegation of Bureau for External Relations, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, visited the NLC for Party construction activity.
·On 1 August, a 40-person delegation of Taiwan University teachers visited the NLC.
·On 2 August, a 30-person delegation of overseas Chinese cultural center teachers' seminar visited the NLC.
·On 15 August, two librarians from Taipei Municipal Library visited the NLC.
·On 24 August, a 9-person delegation of the Ministry of Culture and Information of Morocco, led by Mohamed Laaraj, visited the NLC.
·On 27 August, a 7-person delegation of Princeton University Press visited the NLC.
·On 27 August, an attache of Kyrgyz Embassy in China visited the NLC.
·On 27 August, a 5-person delegation of the New York Public Library visited the NLC.
·From 10 September to 7 December, Lin Yuxi (transliteration), exchange librarian of the National Library of Korea, visited the NLC for business exchange.
·On 18 September, a 5-person delegation of Kagoshima Prefectural Library, Japan visited the NLC.
·On 20 September, 30 people from the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business visited the NLC.
·On 25 September, a 6-person delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Handicraft Promotion of Equatorial Guinea visited the NLC.
·From 10 October to 17 October, a 12-person delegation of Japanese Publishing Friendship Visiting-China Delegation, led by Akira Hirabayashi, president of Nippon Shuppan Hanbai Inc., visited the NLC for business exchange.
·On 16 October, Shen Fucheng, General Manager of Ex Libris China Branch, and his colleagues visited the NLC.
·On 24 October, Director of the Slovak National Library, visited the NLC.
·On 1 November, Deputy Director of Library of Institute of Natural Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences visited the NLC.
·On 5 November, a 8-person delegation of the legislative delegation of the Vietnamese library visited the NLC.
·On 8 November, Tuo Liegen (transliteration), Cultural Counsellor of the Kazakh Embassy in China, visited the NLC.
·From 11 November to 17 November, 4 exchange librarians from the National Library Board, Singapore, visited the NLC for business exchange.
·From 18 November to 22 November, Peter Murray, Deputy Chief Executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of New Zealand, and William Macnaught, Director of the National Library of New Zealand, visited the NLC for business exchange.
·From 26 November to 2 December, a 4-person delegation led by Kazuko Sakata, Deputy Director General of the National Diet Library, visited the NLC for the 37th business exchange.
·On 28 November, a 6-person delegation of Saudi Arabia King Abdul Aziz Public Library, led by Abdulkareem A. Alzaid, Deputy Supervisor General, visited the NLC.
·On 28 November, a 7-person delegation of Library of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, visited the NLC.
·On 5 December, Stephen Arnott, First Assistant Secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts of the Australian Government, and his delegation visited the NLC.
·On 14 December, Clare Fearnley, New Zealand Ambassador to China, and her delegation visited the NLC.
·On 26 December, Lin Dengyu, President of Taiwan Society for Ancient Books Preservation and Conservation, visited the NLC.
·On 26 December, a 23-person delegation of Hong Kong Teachers' Chinese History Seminar visited the NLC.
