Resources for Historical Research on the People's Republic of China

This section contains information about popular reference books, such as brief annotations about their publication data and the kind of information they contain, and any other relevant information regarding using them as a source.

China's Local Gazetteers
中国地方志
website

Fujian Provincial Information Database
福建省情资料库
website

Guangdong Provincial Information Net
广东省情网
website

Guangxi Local Information Net
广西地情网
website

Guizhou Province Local Gazetteers Full-Text Database
贵州省地方志全文数据库
website

Hainan Historical Gazetteers Net
海南史志网
website

Henan Provincial Information Net
河南省情网
website

Hubei Gazetteers Net
湖北方志网
website

Hunan Province Local Gazetteers Net
湖南省地方志网
website

Inner Mongolia Regional Information Net
内蒙区情网
website

Jiangsu Province Local Gazetteers
江苏省地方志
website

Jilin Local Gazetteers Compilation Committee
吉林地方志编纂委员会
website

Liaoning Province Local Gazetteers
辽宁省地方志
website

Shandong Provincial Information Net
山东省情网
website

Shanxi Local Gazetteers Net
山西地方志网
website

Shaanxi Province Local Information Net
陕西省地情网
website

Shanghai Local Gazetteers Office
上海市地方志办公室
website

Sichuan Local Gazetteers
四川地方志
website

Tianjin Local Gazetteers Net
天津市地方志网
website

Zhejiang Local Gazetteers
浙江地方志
website

Who's Who in Communist China

Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese history: A new manual, 4th ed. Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.