Digital Heritage Publishing Ltd.

Digital Heritage Publishing Limited (DHP) pioneered the use of large-scale industrial processes and management techniques in the digitization of Traditional Chinese manuscripts. The conversion of the 700 million word Siku Quanshu (SKQS) into a digital format marked a new phase in Chinese electronic publishing.

Siku Quanshu, The Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature, is a huge collection of literary works that took more than 300 scholars (by edict of Emperor Qianlong ), 1,000 transcribers and 11 years to complete. Investing tens of millions, DHP created the digital conversion in two years. In this endeavor, DHP employed the help of over 500 technical experts, editors, world-renowned scholars and university professors from Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong.

The use of a purpose-built search engine enables vast amount of cultural and historical information to become instantly accessible of this Chinese database. Scholars from renowned universities in China, Japan, Taiwan, the US, and others around the world have been using SKQS to conduct research on Chinese culture.