Gazetteers can be an useful tool for legal scholars too. They provide information about the history of China's legal system, and contain a wealth of local regulations, normative and policy documents.
The websites listed in this post provide free full-text access to local gazetteers and local yearbooks. Most of them have also a full-text search engine.
- Beijing
- Anhui
- Canton
- Chengdu
- Chuzhou
- Fujian
- Fuzhou
- Guangdong
- Guizhou
- Harbin
- Heilongjiang
- Hubei
- Huangshan
- Huainan
- Jilin
- Jiangsu
- Lijiang (Yunnan province)
- Luzhou
- Inner Mongolia
- Mayanshan
- Panyu
- Shaanxi
- Shandong
- Shanghai
- Shijiazhuang
- Yibin
- Wuhan
- Xianyang
- Xinjiang
Related topics:
- Local gazetteers collection - Centre for Chinese Studies Library, University of California at Berkeley.
- 中國大陸各省地方志書目查詢系統 (Academia Sinica)