Sino—Singapore Friendship Library

The Sino-Singapore Friendship Library， a joint project between China and Singapore， has opened to the public in north China's Tianjin Municipality.

The library is part of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Binhai New Area， an intergovernmental project between the two countries.

With five floors above ground and 67，000 square meters in floor space， the library is now home to some 350，000 books and is expected to store 1.5 million books and 1 million historical documents in the future， said Xu Jiangtao， head of the library's book management department.

The library features an ancient book room with a complete copy of Siku Quanshu， or Complete Library in Four Sections， believed to be China's largest encyclopedia of Chinese classic texts， history， philosophy and literature.

Robots in the library shelve books and help readers navigate. Readers can borrow books using their smart phones to scan barcodes.