About the promotion theme of International Archives Day in 2019

"International Archives Day" was initiated and established by the International Archives Council. From June 9 to 11, 1948, UNESCO in Paris held a meeting of experts from many countries in the world Archivists from all over the world participated in the meeting and exchanged views. After discussion, it was decided to establish the International Archives Council. The first charter of the Council was also adopted at the meeting. The charter pointed out that archivists from all over the world should work together to "... "All mankind" protects archives, conducts appraisals and makes them available for use; archives and documents, as the world's most shared heritage, have the same identity as all mankind. In November 2007, in order to celebrate the International Council on Archives on June 9, 2008 On the 60th anniversary of its founding, all members of the Council held an annual plenary meeting in Quebec, Canada and voted to designate June and September each year as International Archives Day.

International Archives Day. Daily publicity theme: Archives and people’s livelihood

Full text of the Archives Law

Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 In order to strengthen the management, collection and arrangement of archives, This law is enacted to effectively protect and utilize archives for services.

Article 2: Archives as mentioned in this law refer to past and present state institutions, social organizations, and individuals engaged in politics, military, and economy. , scientific, technological, cultural, religious and other activities directly formed historical records in various forms such as texts, charts, audio and video that are valuable to the country and society (see Archives Office Article 2)

Article 3 All state agencies, armed forces, political parties, social groups, enterprises, institutions and citizens have the obligation to protect archives (see Article 6 of the Archives Office)

Article 4 People’s governments at all levels. The leadership of archives work should be strengthened and the construction of archives undertakings should be included in the national economic and social development plan (see Article 5 of the Archives Office)

Article 5 The principle of unified leadership and hierarchical management of archives work should be implemented. , maintain the integrity and security of archives and facilitate the use of all aspects of society

Chapter 2 Archives Institutions and Their Responsibilities

Article 6 The national archives administration department is responsible for the national archives undertaking. The archives industry across the country implements overall planning, organization and coordination, unified systems, supervision and guidance.

The archives administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level are responsible for the archives industry within their own administrative regions and are responsible for their own administration. The people's governments of townships, ethnic townships, and towns shall designate personnel to keep the archives of their own agencies and supervise the archives work of their affiliated units. Archival work shall be supervised and guided (see Articles 7 and 8 of the Archives Office)

Article 7 Archives agencies or archives staff of agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall be responsible for the custody of their own units. Archives, and supervise and guide the archives work of affiliated institutions (see Article 9 of the Archives Office)

Article 8 Central and local archives at all levels and above are responsible for centralized management of archives. Cultural institutions are responsible for receiving, collecting, sorting, keeping and providing and utilizing files within their respective jurisdictions. (See Article 10 of the Archives Office)

Article 9 Archives staff should be loyal to their duties, observe discipline, and possess professional knowledge.

Units or individuals that have made outstanding achievements in the collection, arrangement, protection and utilization of archives shall be rewarded by the people's governments at all levels. (See Article 6 of the Archives Office)

Chapter 3 Management of Archives

Article 10: Materials that are required to be archived by the state must be submitted to the unit regularly in accordance with regulations. The archives institutions or archives staff shall transfer and centrally manage the archives, and no individual may appropriate them for themselves.

Unauthorized archiving of materials that are prohibited by state regulations is prohibited. (See Article 10 of the Archives Office)

Article 11 Agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations must regularly transfer files to the Archives Office in accordance with national regulations. (See Article 13 of the Archives Office)

Article 12 If the cultural relics and library materials preserved by museums, libraries, memorial halls and other units are also archives, they may be transferred to the above-mentioned units in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations. Manage yourself.

Archives and the above-mentioned units should cooperate with each other in the utilization of archives.

(See Article 14 of the Archives Office)

Article 13 Archives offices of all types and levels, as well as archives institutions of agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations should establish scientific management systems to facilitate the management of archives. utilization; configure necessary facilities to ensure the security of archives; adopt advanced technology to modernize archives management. (See Article 15 of the Archives Office)

Article 14 The management and utilization of confidential files, and the change and decryption of confidentiality levels must be handled in accordance with the national laws and administrative regulations on confidentiality. (See Article 16 of the Archives Office, Confidentiality, and Confidentiality Office)

Article 15 The principles for appraising the preservation value of archives, standards for storage periods, and procedures and methods for destroying archives shall be managed by the National Archives Administration Department formulated. Unauthorized destruction of files is prohibited.

Article 16 The owner of the archives shall properly keep the collectively owned and individually owned archives that are of preservation value to the country and society or that should be kept confidential. If the storage conditions are poor or other reasons are considered to cause the archives to be seriously damaged and unsafe, the national archives administrative department has the right to take measures to ensure the integrity and safety of the archives, such as keeping them on their behalf; when necessary, they can acquire or requisition them.

For the files listed in the preceding paragraph, the file owner may deposit or sell them to the National Archives; if they are sold to any unit or individual other than the National Archives, they shall be handled by the archives administration department of the people's government at or above the county level in accordance with relevant regulations. Management approval. It is strictly prohibited to resell for profit, and to sell or give it to foreigners.

Those who donate archives to the country shall be rewarded by the archives. (See Article 17 of the Archives Office)

Article 17 prohibits the sale of state-owned archives.

When the assets of state-owned enterprises and institutions are transferred, the specific methods for transferring relevant archives shall be formulated by the national archives administration department.

The exchange, transfer and sale of archive copies shall be handled in accordance with national regulations. (See Article 18 of the Archives Office)

Article 18: State-owned archives and archives specified in Article 16 of this Law, as well as copies of these archives, are prohibited from being carried out of the country without permission. (See Article 19 of the Archives Office)

Chapter 4 Utilization and Publication of Archives

Article 19 Archives kept by the National Archives shall generally be archived for three years from the date of formation. Open to the public for ten years. The period of opening to the public of economic, scientific, technological, cultural and other types of archives can be less than thirty years. The period of opening to the public of archives involving national security or major interests and other expired documents that should not be opened to the public can be longer than thirty years. The specific time limit shall be formulated by the national archives administrative department and submitted to the State Council for approval and implementation.

Archives should regularly publish catalogs of open archives, create conditions for the use of archives, simplify procedures, and provide convenience.

Citizens and organizations of the People's Republic of China with legal certificates can use the files that have been opened. (See Article 20 of the Archives Office)

Article 20 Agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations as well as citizens may, in accordance with the needs of economic construction, national defense construction, teaching and scientific research and other work, Relevant regulations require the use of unopened archives in archives and archives maintained by relevant agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations.

Methods for using unopened archives shall be stipulated by the national archives administration department and relevant competent departments. (See Article 22 of the Archives Office)

Article 21 Units and individuals that transfer, donate, or store archives to the archives have priority in the use of their archives, and can also use their archives that are not suitable for transfer to the archives. The open part of society puts forward opinions on restricting use, and archives should safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

Article 22 Archives owned by the state shall be published by archives or relevant agencies authorized by the state; no organization or individual has the right to publish them without the consent of the archives or relevant agencies.

The owners of collectively owned and individually owned files have the right to publish them, but they must abide by relevant national regulations and must not harm national security and interests, or infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of others. (See Articles 23-26 of the Archives Office)

Article 23 Archives of all types and levels should be equipped with researchers to strengthen the research and organization of archives, organize the editing and publication of archival materials in a planned manner, and Released in different ranges.

Chapter 5 Legal Responsibilities

Article 24: If any of the following acts occurs, the archives administrative department and relevant competent departments of the people’s government at or above the county level shall take action against the person directly responsible personnel or other directly responsible persons shall be given administrative sanctions in accordance with the law; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law:

(1) Destroying or losing files belonging to the state;

(2) Providing, copying, publishing or destroying state-owned archives without authorization;

(3) Altering or forging archives;

(4) Violating Article 16 and Article 1 of this Law Article 17 stipulates that anyone who sells or transfers archives without authorization;

(5) resells archives for profit or sells or gives archives to foreigners;

(6) violates this law Article 10 and Article 11 stipulate that those who fail to archive files as required or fail to transfer files on time;

(7) Knowing that the archives being kept are in danger and failing to take measures, resulting in the loss of files;

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(8) Archives staff neglect their duties, causing loss of archives.

Anyone who uses the archives in the archives and commits illegal acts in Items 1, 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph shall be given a warning by the archives administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level and may also be fined ;If any loss is caused, it shall be ordered to compensate for the loss.

If enterprises, institutions, organizations or individuals commit illegal acts in Items 4 and 5 of Paragraph 1, the archives administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level shall give a warning and may also impose a fine; if there are illegal gains, Illegal gains shall be confiscated; and archives sold or donated may be requisitioned in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of this Law. (See Criminal Article 29, Archives Office Article 27)

Article 25 Anyone who exports files or copies thereof that are prohibited from leaving the country shall be confiscated by the customs and may be fined; and The confiscated archives or copies thereof shall be transferred to the archives administrative department; if a crime is constituted, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Chapter 6 Supplementary Provisions

Article 26 The implementation measures for this law shall be formulated by the national archives administrative department and shall be submitted to the State Council for approval before they shall be implemented.

Article 27 This Law shall come into effect on January 1, 1988.