The main library is a part of the Shenzhen Cultural Center in Futian.

The main library occupies a 49,589-square-metre (533,770 sq ft) building on a 29,612-square-metre (318,740 sq ft) plot .

[1] It was previously the Bao'an County Library.

[1] As of 2016[update], Shenzhen had 627 public library facilities.

[2] The previous facility opened in 1986 in Lychee Park's northwest area after construction began in 1983.