Beijing Library Press, whose former name was Bibliography and Document Publishing House, is the only specialized state publishing house in the circle of library and information in China, operated by the National Library of China, and with the Ministry of Culture as its competent authority.

Its major responsibilities include: editing and publishing works and translation on library science and information; publishing works on bibliographies and indexes; rare-book reprinting; compiling and publishing various academic works in humanity and social sciences, and Chinese reference tools. In the last 20 years since it's founding, it has published more than 500 titles of books and periodicals, in which China Library Classification was awarded the top prize for National Advancement in Science and Technology.

Relying on the rich collection of books of the National Library of China, Beijing Library Press is devoted to reprinting and photocopying ancient books and rare documents.