EstablishedinNovember1954,thebureauislocatedinFengshengHutong,Beijing.
In1959,inaccordancewiththe"NoticeonUnifiedManagementofPartyandGovernmentArchives"bytheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina,itwasdirectlyledbytheDirectoroftheGeneralOfficiumoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina.
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
Officium
Archives(Officium)BusinessGuidanceDepartment
BusinessGuidanceDepartmentofEconomicandTechnologicalArchives
PolicyandRegulationResearchDepartment
ArchiveDataStorageDepartment
ArchiveDataUtilizationDepartment
TechnologyDepartment
AdministrativeFinanceDepartment
OrganizationPartyCommittee
OrganizationCommissionforDisciplineInspection
ForeignAffairsOfficium
OfficiumforRetiredCadres
FileManagementCenter
InformationManagementCenter
Institutiones
China'sFirstHistoricalArchives
China'sSecondHistoricalArchives
ChinaArchivesNewsAgency
ArchivesScienceandTechnologyResearchInstitute
ArchiveCadreEducationCenter
ChinaArchivesMagazinePress
ChinaArchivesSociety
CurrentLeader
LuGuoqiang,DirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DirectoroftheCentralArchives
WangShaozhong,DeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DeputyDirectoroftheCentralArchives
FuHuaDeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,DeputyDirectoroftheCentralArchives
WeiHongtaoDeputyDirectoroftheNationalArchivesBureau,CentralDeputyDirectorofArchives
LiuLishengDeputyDirectorofNationalArchives,DeputyDirectorofCentralArchives
XieJinweiDeputyDirectorofNationalArchives
PoliciesandOrdinationes
TheArchivesLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina
(The22ndMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSixthNationalPeople’sCongressonSeptember5,1987(Adoptedinaccordancewiththe"DecisiononAmendingtheArchivesLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina"atthe20thmeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeople'sCongressonJuly5,1996)
ThislawshallcomeintoforceonJanuary1,1988.
Lawsandregulations
ArchivesLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina  | December30,2007  | 
ImplementationMeasuresoftheArchivesLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina  | December30,2007  | 
Ordinationes
Nuntio No.1,2007oftheStateArchivesofthePeople'sRepublicofChina  | December07,2007  | 
OrdinationesonthearchivesmanagementofthefirstphaseoftheEast-CentralRouteoftheSouth-to-NorthWaterDiversionProject  | April29,2007  | 
MeasuresfortheArchivesAcceptanceofFixedAssetsInvestmentProjectsinNationalDefenseScienceandTechnologyIndustry  | April29,2007  | 
StateForestryAdministrationOpinionsoftheNationalArchivesAdministrationonStrengtheningtheReformoftheCollectiveForestPropertySystemandArchives  | April29,2007  | 
MeasuresforAcceptanceofMajorConstructionProjectArchives  | August04,2006  | 
Ordinationesonfileadministrativepermissionprocedures  | June200521st  | 
Measuresforfilingdocumentsandmaterialsofstate-ownedenterprises  | May27,2005  | 
InterimMeasuresfortheAdministrationofElectronicDocumentFiling  | May27,2005  | 
ArtArchivesManagementMeasures p> | May27,2005  | 
ElectronicsInterimMeasuresfortheManagementofArchivesofOfficialDocuments  | May27,2005  | 
ProvisionsonCorporateArchivesManagement  | May27,2005  | 
Provisionsonthemanagementofenterpriseemployeefiles  | May27,2005  | 
InterimProvisionsontheSupervisionandInspectionofFileEnforcement  | May27,2005  | 
Signa
1.TheCentralArchivesoftheNationalArchivesAdministrationRegardingtheIssuanceof"ElectronicDocumentFileMetadata"andothertwoarchiveindustrystandardsNoticeoftheDraftforSolicitationofOpinionsMarch27,2008
2.ArchivesworkindustrystandardcatalogueMarch22nd,2007
3,ArchivesworknationalstandardcatalogueMarch22,2007Day

