The predecessor of the Hebei Provincial Library was the Zhili Library founded in 1908, in 1928, the Zhili Province was changed to Hebei Province and the Second Library of Hebei Province; in 1948, it was renamed the Reading Department of the Baoding Municipal People's Education Hall; in April 1953, it was renamed the independent provincial library, called the Hebei Provincial Library. As of December 2016, the total building area of the library was 4.85 10,000 square meters, and the total collection of the library reached more than 3 million volumes (pieces), of which more than7.91 10,000 ancient books, 5,644 good books, and more than 30,000 miniaturized products.