Abstract: [Purpose/Significance] In 2021,the Education Steering Committee Secretariat of MLIS has conducted the ninth survey of national MLIS education development status, which aims to reveal the current status of MLIS education in China. [Design/Methodology] This study investigated MLIS education institutions to collect the data about faculty, enrolment, cultivation and employment through questionnaires, and demonstrated the development trend of MLIS education by comparing with historical data. [Findings/Conclusion] The survey report of 69 MLIS training institutions indicates a stable and rapid development of the MLIS education in China, which is demonstrated by the steady growing number of faculty and enrolment, the optimistic employment situation of graduates, and the increasing standardization of the set of curriculum system, construction of education resource and management of culturing process. [Originality/Value] The reports on the development of MLIS education in China have been consecutively published for nine years. Compared with previous surveys, this survey report additionally discussed the teaching cases.

Key words: Master of library and information science, Education of library and information science, Professional degree, Survey report, China