README.md

cbdb_sqlite

You can download the latest SQLite release of the China Biographical Database at the following page.

• https://huggingface.co/datasets/cbdb/cbdb-sqlite/blob/main/latest.zip

Data Limitations

• The ZZZ releases are now deprecated in favor of views. Use create_views.sh to create views in the SQLite file.
• The SQLite releases after 2025-05 may not include up-to-date Index Year (BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year), Index Year Type Code (BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year_type_code) and Index Year Source ID (BIOG_MAIN.c_index_year_source_id) information.

Historical releases

For historical SQLite databases:

• CBDB Hugging Face dataset

The released database file in GitHub repository is no longer updated.

• latest.7z - Last updated on 2026-02-08.
• latest_ZZZ_tables.7z - The latest SQLite version of the CBDB that includes de-normalized tables.