According to official PRC stats, in 2002 more than 178,000 titles were published in China, a 12 % increase over the previous year, of which more than 100,000 titles were new. A total of 6.75 billion volumes were cranked out, with total value reaching RMB72.6 billion.
根據大陸新聞出版總署統計，二○○二年大陸全國出版圖書十七萬八千多種，比前年增加百分之十二，其中新版圖書十萬種，總印書量為六十七億五千萬冊，產值達人民幣七百二十六億元。