Through cooperation with periodicals, publishing circles and various content providers, HowNet China has developed into an international advanced online publishing platform integrating periodicals, doctoral dissertations, master dissertations, conference papers, newspapers, reference books, yearbooks, patents, standards, Chinese studies and overseas literature resources.
The construction history and background of HowNet.
The concept of hownet was put forward by the World Bank in 1998. China HowNet Project was initiated by Tsinghua University and Tsinghua Tongfang and was established on June 1999.
With the strong support of the party and state leaders, the Ministry of Education, Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the General Administration of Press and Publication, the National Copyright Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission, and with the close cooperation of academia, education, publishing and library and information circles, and under the direct leadership of Tsinghua University, CNKI Engineering Group has become a digital library technology with independent development and international leading level after years of efforts.