By 1932, a new 1,100 square meter library building was completed on the left side of the Hengyang County Office.

[7] In addition to the space reduction caused by the Zhengxiang Road project, the library also faced challenges such as disrepair and aging electrical systems, which affected its normal operations.

[8] The new library is being built on the south side of Yanfeng Park, with a total construction area of approximately 21,000 square meters.

In 2013, Hengyang Library's collection of Zhu Yi,[12] compiled by Jiang Xuqing during the Ming Dynasty, a woodblock print from the 44th year of the Wanli reign (1616), was selected for the fourth batch of the National Rare Ancient Books Catalogue, numbered 00674.

[13] With the onset of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, numerous private and institutional collections of books in Hengyang were sent to scrap yards as part of the movement to "Destroy the Four Olds."

A library employee, Huang Yaowu, took the opportunity while searching for artifacts from the Xiangnan Student Union to collect a large number of ancient books from scrap yards and the Hengyang Paper Mill.

Volunteer teams from Nanhua University and Hengyang raised books for rural students at the Second Complete High School in Shidian County, Yunnan Province.

[18] Half a month later, he began receiving responses and donations of more than 5,000 books from institutions like the People's Public Security University of China and Hunan Provincial Library.

[19] After learning about this, Hengyang Library decided to set up a mobile book station at Yannan Prison.

[19] On the morning of May 17, despite the rain, library staff delivered books to Yannan Prison, which deeply moved Zhou Jun and other inmates.

Every quarter, the library selects 1,500 books, which are registered and distributed to various units after being processed by the Political Department of the military.