Tongfang Knowledge Network was established in Dec 1997, with a registered capital of more than 80 million yuan ($12.25 million). Its biggest shareholder is Tsinghua University. It is located in Dongsheng Technology Park of Zhongguancun in Beijing.  

The major services of Tongfang Knowledge Network include the digital publishing of academic and education resources, management of digital publishing and content resources, and technological development of knowledge services. The network consists of China Academic Electronic Journals, Tongfang Knowledge Network Technology Co Ltd, Tongfang Knowledge Digital Publishing Technology Co Ltd, and Shanxi Tongfang Knowledge Digital Techonology Co Ltd.

The establishment ceremony of the advisory committee and editorial board of China Knowledge Resources Database in October 2003.

Tongfang Knowledge Network owns a series of original patented technologies and services in the areas of Kbase database building, journal editing, knowledge unit retrieving, science and research integrity testing, academic literature evaluation, and priority digital publishing.

Tongfang Knowledge Network has published more than 40 continuous digital and network publishing products and more than 3,000 professional and personalized digital library products, including China Academic Journal Network Publishing Database, China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database, China Master’s Theses Full-text Database, China Reference Books Network Publishing Database, and China Yearbook Network Publishing Database.

Its more than 40 million users, which include over 25,000 institutes, are found in over 40 countries and regions.

The release ceremony for China Academic Journals (CD version) in December 1996.