The main library occupies a 49,589-square-metre (533,770 sq ft) building on a 29,612-square-metre (318,740 sq ft) plot .[1]
History
It was previously the Bao'an CountyLibrary.[1] As of 2016[update], Shenzhen had 627 public library facilities.[2] The previous facility opened in 1986 in Lychee Park's northwest area after construction began in 1983.[3]
In 2009, the city government began a library platform program called "City of Libraries" ("City of Library" [sic]).[4]