Figures from the PRC's General Administration of Press and Publishing show that in 2000 the mainland published some 140,000 titles and consumed 7.024 billion books, or an average of 5.55 books per person.
根據大陸新聞出版署的圖書出版統計，千禧年圖書出版共十四萬餘種，圖書總銷售量達七十．二四億冊，平均每人每年購書五．五五冊。