ISSN China Center

  ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is the standardized international code that allows the identification of any serial publication independently of its country of publication, of its language or alphabet, of its frequency, medium, etc. By now, the ISSN Network has identified about 0.9 million titles of serials, and formed a bibliographical database of serials, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
  The ISSN Network was established in 1972, with the supports of UNESCO and the French government. It is an intergovernmental cooperative organization consisting of the International ISSN Center located in Paris, 67 ISSN national centers and the ISSN Regional Center for Southeast Asia located in Bangkok.
  Upon the approval of the Chinese government, ISSN China Center was established in 1985. Located in the National Library of China, it is responsible for the registration of serials approved by the Press and Publications Administration of the People's Republic of China, the assignment and management of ISSN, the use of ISSN and the submission of bibliographical records of Chinese serials to the ISSN International Center. As of the end of 2000, there have been over 10,000 titles of serials with ISSNs in China.

Address: Room 421E, National Library of China, 33 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Beijing 100081, China
Tel. (86 10)88545367
Fax: (86 10)68417817
E-mail: issncn@publicf.nlc.gov.cn