Established in 1960, the library is a comprehensive carrier system operated in compliance with disciplines of major universities and regional politics, economics and culture. There are 2.04 million books in the library's collection, including 1.64 million printed literature books, 0.40 million electronic books, 15 imported databases, 3 self-created databases, 1,918 Chinese and foreign journals and 122 newspapers. A new library building was introduced in 2005.