The Chinese Book Classification Law (CBCL) divides books into ( )

The Chinese Classification of Libraries (CCL) divides books into five major parts and 22 basic categories.　

Chinese Library Classification, referred to as "Zhongtu Fa", classification includes "Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, philosophy, social sciences, natural sciences, comprehensive books in five major categories, 22 basic categories, the categories are as follows:

1, Marxism, Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory;

2, Philosophy, Religion? ;

3, General Social Sciences ;

4, Politics, Law ;

5, Military ;

6, Economy ;

7, Culture, Science, Education, Physical Education ;

8, Languages, Writings ;

9, Literature ;

10, Arts ;

11, History, Geography;

12, General Natural Sciences;

13, Mathematical Sciences and Chemistry;

14, Astronomy, Earth Sciences;

15, Biological Sciences;

16, Medicine and Health; ?

17, Agricultural Science;

18, Industrial Technology;

19, Transportation;

20, Aviation, Space;

21, Environmental Science, Safety Science;

22, Comprehensive Books .

Expanded Information

This classification is compiled in accordance with the following principles:

Firstly, guided by Marxism, Leninism, and Mao Tse-tung Thought, and compiled on the basis of discriminative materialism and historical materialism, the establishment of the machine sequence arrangement of the categories should be based not only on scientific concepts, but at the same time, should Consider its ideological and political content.

Secondly, the classification system should conform to the principle of scientificity, based on scientific classification, and adopt a logical system from general to sub-general and from general to specific. At the same time, the characteristics of the classification of library materials should be taken into account, so that it can accommodate ancient and foreign library materials, but also fully reflect the new disciplines and new things.

Third, in the arrangement of classes and the setting of marking symbols, we should strive to be concise, easy to understand, easy to remember, easy to use, in order to adapt to the needs of the practice of classification of library materials. Fourth, to take care of all kinds of libraries and intelligence information units class sub-books and information needs, for the national library information to create conditions for unified classification and coding.?

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