Library of Congress, National Library of China Sign World Digital Library AgreementLibrary Agreement • July 1st, 2012
Contract Type FiledJuly 1st, 2012The Library of Congress and the National Library of China have concluded an agreement to cooperate in developing the World Digital Library. Signing the cooperative agreement in a brief ceremony on Sunday in the Asian Reading Room at the Library of Congress were Zhan Furui, General Director, National Library of China, and Librarian of Congress James Billington. The signing took place in the presence of the Minister of Culture for the People's Republic of China, Cai Wu, on the occasion of the meeting of the U.S. President's Committee for the Arts and Humanities.