National Archives of the People's Republic of China

EstablishedinNovember1954,thebureauislocatedinFengshengHutong,Beijing.

In1959,inaccordancewiththe"NoticeonUnifiedManagementofPartyandGovernmentArchives"bytheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina,itwasdirectlyledbytheDirectoroftheGeneralOfficeoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina.

Withdrawnin1966.

ResumeworkinFebruary1979.

In1985,hereturnedtotheleadershipoftheStateCouncilinaccordancewiththeinstructionsoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChinaandtheStateCouncilonadjustingtheleadershipsystemofnationalarchiveswork.ThesuccessivedirectorswereZengSan,ZhangZhong,HanYuhu,andFengZizhi.

Photosinthecollection—TheestablishmentoftheNationalArchivesBureauoftheBaiyangdianYanlingTeam,whichpersistedintheWarofResistanceintheenemy'srear,markedanewerainwhichChina'sarchivesindustrydevelopedfromdecentralizedmanagementtocentralizedandunifiedleadership.

OnDecember7,2014,theNationalArchivesBureaubegantopublishsevenepisodesofonlinevideo"SelectedWorksofNanjingMassacreArchives"onitsofficialwebsite.ThereleasefrequencyisoneepisodeadaytocommemorateChinaonDecember13.ThefirstNationalMemorialDayforthevictimsoftheNanjingMassacre.ThisisthefirsttimethattheNationalArchiveshasreleasedtheNanjingMassacre-relatedarchivesintheformofvideo.

JobResponsibilities

(1)Implementoverallplanningandmacromanagementofnationalarchiveswork.InaccordancewiththepoliciesandregulationsofthePartyandthestate,formulateguidelines,policies,regulations,andrulesandregulationsforarchivalwork;organize,guide,inspect,supervise,andcoordinatethearchivalworkofthecentral,stateagencies,military,massorganizations,andprovinces,autonomousregions,andmunicipalitiesdirectlyundertheCentralGovernment.

(2)Centralizeandunifythemanagementofimportantarchivesandmaterialsofthepartyandthestatecentralorgans,conservativepartyandstatesecrets,maintaintheintegrityofarchives,andensurethesafetyofarchivesandmaterials.

(3)Responsibleforreceiving,collecting,sortingout,andkeepingimportantarchivesandmaterialsofthepartyandstatecentralagencies,promotingthescientificmanagementandmodernizationofarchiveswork,doingagoodjobinarchivesediting,researchandpublication,andprovidingforthesocietyuse.CollectChinesearchivalmaterialsthathavebeenlostabroad,andarchivaldocumentsandhistoricalmaterialsrelatedtoChina.

(4)Developaplanfortheconstructionofthearchivesstaffteam,organizetheprofessionaleducationofarchivesandthetrainingofprofessionalarchivescadres.Responsiblefortheappraisalandappointmentofprofessionalandtechnicalpositionsinarchives.

InstitutionalSettings

BureauandLibraryOrganizations

• Office

• Archives(Office)BusinessGuidanceDepartment

• BusinessGuidanceDepartmentofEconomicandTechnologicalArchives

• PolicyandRegulationResearchDepartment

• ArchiveDataStorageDepartment

• ArchiveDataUtilizationDepartment

• TechnologyDepartment

• AdministrativeFinanceDepartment

• OrganizationPartyCommittee

• OrganizationCommissionforDisciplineInspection

• ForeignAffairsOffice

• OfficeforRetiredCadres

• FileManagementCenter

• InformationManagementCenter

Institutions

• China'sFirstHistoricalArchives

• China'sSecondHistoricalArchives

• ChinaArchivesNewsAgency

• ArchivesScienceandTechnologyResearchInstitute

• ArchiveCadreEducationCenter

• ChinaArchivesMagazinePress

• ChinaArchivesSociety

CurrentLeader

LuGuoqiang,DirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DirectoroftheCentralArchives

WangShaozhong,DeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DeputyDirectoroftheCentralArchives

FuHuaDeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DeputyDirectoroftheCentralArchives

WeiHongtaoDeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,CentralDeputyDirectorofArchives

LiuLishengDeputyDirectorofNationalArchives,DeputyDirectorofCentralArchives

XieJinweiDeputyDirectorofNationalArchives

PoliciesandRegulations

TheArchivesLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina

(The22ndMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSixthNationalPeople’sCongressonSeptember5,1987(Adoptedinaccordancewiththe"DecisiononAmendingtheArchivesLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina"atthe20thmeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeople'sCongressonJuly5,1996)

ThislawshallcomeintoforceonJanuary1,1988.

Lawsandregulations

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Regulations

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Standards

1.TheCentralArchivesoftheNationalArchivesAdministrationRegardingtheIssuanceof"ElectronicDocumentFileMetadata"andothertwoarchiveindustrystandardsNoticeoftheDraftforSolicitationofOpinionsMarch27,2008

2.ArchivesworkindustrystandardcatalogueMarch22nd,2007

3,ArchivesworknationalstandardcatalogueMarch22,2007Day