China HowNet, founded in June 1999, is an academic platform of Tongfang shares controlled by China National Nuclear Corporation Capital Holdings Co., Ltd. HowNet is the concept of National Knowledge Infrastructure (NKI), which was put forward by the World Bank in June 1998. CNKI project is an information construction project aimed at realizing the dissemination, enjoyment and value-added utilization of knowledge resources in the whole society.

On February 26th, 2022, 65438+ General Administration of Market Supervision imposed an administrative penalty on HowNet for abusing its dominant market position, ordered HowNet to stop its illegal behavior, and imposed a fine of 5% of its sales in China of 202175.2 million yuan, totaling 87.6 million yuan. HowNet responded with sincere acceptance and resolute obedience, and announced 15 rectification measures.

Online publishing

China HowNet has developed into an international advanced online publishing platform integrating periodicals, doctoral dissertations, master's dissertations, conference papers, newspapers, reference books, yearbooks, patents, standards, Chinese studies and overseas literature resources through cooperation with periodicals, publishing circles and various content providers. The website of the Center is updated with more than 50,000 documents every day.

Based on the massive value-added service platform of content resources, anyone and any organization can set up their own personal digital library in China HowNet and customize the content they need. More and more readers regard China HowNet as a platform for their daily work and study. The content construction of China HowNet is undertaken by China academic journal (CD) electronic magazine, and the technology and services are undertaken by Tongfang HowNet Technology Co., Ltd. ..