 Dai Hongci (), a member of another Qing mission sent abroad to study modern constitutions, noted the efficacy of book borrowing at the Library of Congress.In 1906, the governor of Hunan province memorialized to the throne to announce he had completed preparations for the creation of a provincial library in Changsha.In 1908 and 1909, high officials from the provinces of Fengtian, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang and Yunnan petitioned the Imperial Court asking for permission to establish public libraries in their respective jurisdictions.