Capital Library 首都图书馆

Chinese films are shown every Wed at 2pm for free. Tickets available at 12.30pm.

While its range of foreign language books is not as impressive as the National Library's, it does offer foreigners the option of borrowing books. It costs RMB 10 to process a reader's card and, depending on the type of card you choose, a deposit ranging from RMB 100-500. Foreign language newspapers and periodicals can also be accessed and regular lectures are organized on weekends.