清末，河北省在全国较早地创办了省级公共图书馆。辛亥革命后，河北省图书馆事业发展较快。１９１２年５月２８日，直隶总督张金坡颁布命令，全省城镇乡村均应设立图书馆，但并未执行。１９１５年１０月，北京政府教育部颁布《图书馆规程》，明令指出：“各省各特别区域应设立 At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Hebei Province set up a provincial public library earlier in the country. After the Revolution of 1911, the library in Hebei Province developed rapidly. May 28, 1912, Zhili governor Zhang Jinpo promulgated the order, the province’s towns and villages should set up a library, but did not implement. In October 1915, the Beijing Municipal Government Ministry of Education promulgated the “Library Rules”, clearly stating: "Each special region of each province should be established