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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Campus Tour through History(1):<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> Library ——The<br />

Largest <strong>University</strong> Library in Asia<br />

By Ning Jing<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2006--3-24<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=143775882<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Mar. 24th (2006): The library <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> is the<br />

largest library among universities in Asia, which has a long and charming history.<br />

The library <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> was founded in 1902, named ‗Capital <strong>University</strong><br />

Book Collection Building‘ at that time. It gained its present name after the ‗1911<br />

Revolution‘. In 1975, a library building was founded in the center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong>, which was the best library with the greatest building area and the best<br />

building conditions in China at that time. The well-known Hong Kong entrepreneur,<br />

Mr. Li Ka-shing financially sponsored to build a new library in 1998. On May 4th that<br />

year, the centennial anniversary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the new library construction<br />

was finished and opened to the students at the end <strong>of</strong> that year. The total building<br />

697

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