Zheng Milu's National Office of Hanghai Road, the title of the paper says: National periodicals refer to periodicals sponsored by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council and their subordinate departments, or by China Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Social Sciences, democratic parties and national people's organizations, and by national first-class professional societies. In addition, publications clearly marked with the words "national journals" and "core journals" can also be regarded as national journals. But the above is just the general situation, and there are many local journals with high academic value and great influence that also belong to national journals. Such as Yunnan Botany, huazhong architecture and Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology. Please refer to the documents issued by relevant government departments. Note that there are also national key periodicals and periodicals with higher level, such as SCI, which should not be confused with national periodicals.

The difference between provincial periodicals and national periodicals: in fact, the state has never classified publications, which means that there is no difference in influence and professionalism between provincial periodicals and national periodicals. The so-called distinction between national periodicals and provincial periodicals is mainly for the convenience of management, according to the level of periodical authorities. That is, the periodicals in charge of state units are national periodicals, and the periodicals in charge of provincial units are provincial periodicals.