Harbin City Library, then Harbin municipal library, established in 1926, has been going through various important historical periods as the Republic of China, Manchuria, pre_Peoples republic of China, and with rich collection of precious historical materials and achieve. The current library building constructed in 1991, located in 49 Xuefu road, nangan district, has ever been the landmark cultural construction of Harbin City. Nowadays Harbin City Library commit the missions of taking over the responsibility for the central branch of the City, ensuring basic cultural right of the public, promoting the development of the Library. Under the principle of fairness, openness, and sharing, the Library is open to the public for free, and gradually becoming large scaled comprehensive library for literature collection, information inquiry, social education, public reading promotion, and academic research. The library has become one of the important components of the socialist public cultural service system.

Harbin City Library has a collection of more than three million books, journal, and newspaper, and can provide the service for more than two million readers, and host thousands of various events. The library can such brand services as Harbin Forum, General and subbranch service system, Auto Branch, Outstanding Reader Election, Heart and Eyes Station - Volunteering for the Blind, Digital resources sharing project, pleasure reading purchase and loan, public reading brand promotion-one book one city, snow children reading project.

The library allows free entrance, cardless reading, book loan with card. Nurture the love of reading for the public. The Library is in their constant efforts to improve the cultural appreciation and further development of the City.