Abstract:

The system of provincial government printing offices was established after the Taiping Rebellion.
Official ideology accompanied provincial government printing offices through late Qing Dynasty and early
period of the Republic of China. After the revolution of 1911，provincial government printing offices made a
role perception and tried to have a role change in the publishing industry at that time. This paper combines
historical documents, at the same time takes Hubei Official Publishing House as an example, to analyze the
above changes of provincial government printing offices in details.