To provide a database of works pertaining to the administrative geography of China, searchable by location, time, and subject matter.

To provide a dynamic matrix for the identification of spatially and temporally-specific data on Chinese administrative units.

To provide information on the medium and long term plans for China's national economic and social development.

To provide information on China's population and agricultural economy from the 1990 census, and geocoded 1990 China county boundary GIS data at 1:1M.

To provide descriptive information on health care institutions in China between 1950 and 1985.

To provide a database of public China maps, searchable by location, scale, content, publisher, and publication date.

To provide information on the geographical locations, areas, administrative division codes, and names of the administrative regions of China.

To provide county-level social information of China in a series of tables from the China Provincial Economic Yearbook data for 1990 and 1991.

To provide fundamental GIS maps of China, and neighboring countries and regions.

To provide information of geographical locations, areas, administrative division codes, and names for the administrative regions of China.

To provide historical agricultural statistics of the People's Republic of China for 1949-1990 at the provincial and national levels.