Country	Time	Event
China	1910	“Draft Regulations for the Use of Capital Libraries and Provincial Libraries” issued by the Qing government
	1927	“The Library Regulations” enacted by college of the national government
	1982	“The Work Regulations of Provincial (Autonomous Region, City) Libraries” promulgated by the ministry of culture
	2002	Revised “Library Regulations of Ordinary Institutions of Higher Learning” issued by the ministry of education
	2003	Revised “Regulations on Libraries (Rooms) in Primary and Secondary Schools” issued by the ministry of education
	2012	“Public library Law of China (Official Review)” issued by the Legal Office of the State Council for advicing from relevant departments and agencies
	2015	“Public library Law of China (Exposure Draft)” issued by the Legal Office of the State Council for soliciting opinions from the public
	2017	“Public library Law of China” passed by voting at the 12th Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
the United States	1848	The first library law in the United States: “The Enactment of the Boston Library Law”
	1956	The first national library law in the United States promulgated: “Library Services Act”
	1962	The U.S. Congress Promulgated “The Depository Library Act”
	1964	The U.S. Congress amended “Library Services Act” to the “Library Service and Construction Law”
	1983	The U.S. Congress positioned it’s library as a local information center, while increasing the collection of foreign language materials and programs to eliminate illiteracy
	1989	The U.S. government implemented “New Library Service Improvement Act”
	1996	President Clinton signed “Library Services and Technology Act”
	2003	The U.S. federal government enacted “Museum and Library Services Act”
Japan	1899	Japanese Emperor Government promulgated a public library law: “The Library Order”
	1948	National Diet Library of Japan published “The National Library of Congress Act”
	1950	Under the background of the U.S. occupation after the defeat of Japan, Japan Library Association enacted “The Library Act”