The legislative intent and spiritual essence of the Archives Law include

Legal analysis: Adhere to the political positioning of archives work. "Managing archives for the Party, preserving history for the country, and serving the people" are the sacred responsibilities of archives work, and they are also the political attribute of archives work that is surnamed by the Party.

The newly revised Archives Law clearly enshrines the leadership of the Communist Party of China on archives work into law, fundamentally answering the question of "whose archives are managed and who is used for them". It is conducive to implementing the party's leadership into the entire process and all aspects of archives work, and is conducive to giving full play to the institutional advantages of the party's management of archives work after institutional reform, achieving top-down coordination and effective execution, and ensuring that the archives cause moves in the right direction.

At the same time, the system and mechanism of unified leadership and hierarchical management have been further improved, and the responsibilities of people's governments at all levels in strengthening archives work have been further improved, thus providing a legal basis for the development of the archives industry to adapt to the level of national economic and social development. Assure.

Adhere to the people’s position in archival work. The newly revised Archives Law adheres to the value orientation of serving economic and social development and allowing the people to fully enjoy the fruits of archives development, and has taken a major step in expanding the opening of archives.

Make specific provisions on shortening the period of archives opening, expanding the number of subjects open, broadening the channels and methods of opening, as well as the accountability for non-compliance with regulations. It is stipulated that the state encourages archives to develop and utilize archives in the collection, and carry out special exhibitions, public welfare lectures, media publicity and other activities to give full play to social education functions, inherit red genes, and enhance cultural confidence.

At the same time, it also puts forward clear requirements for archives to provide services for national agencies to formulate laws, regulations, policies and conduct research on relevant issues, and to encourage and support international exchanges and cooperation in the field of archives. This is an inevitable choice for archival work to keep pace with the times and respond to social concerns.

Adhere to the bottom line of safety in archival work. Archive security is related to the security of all fields and aspects of the country. Whether it is the destruction or loss of archive entities or the leakage of specific information recorded in archives, it will cause immeasurable and irreparable losses.

The newly revised Archives Law resolutely implements the overall national security concept, and regulates it from the perspective of establishing a responsibility system for archives work, improving archives security working mechanisms, strengthening risk and emergency management, and clarifying responsibilities for rectification of safety hazards. It provides It provides a more systematic institutional arrangement to ensure the security of archives and serve the overall situation of national reform, development and stability.

Adopted at the 22nd Session of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress on September 5, 1987, and based on the "About Revision of the People's Republic of China" at the 20th Session of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress on July 5, 1996 ***The 1st amendment to the Decision of the Archives Law of the Republic of Korea.

According to the 24th meeting of the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee on November 7, 2016, "Decision on Amending Twelve Laws including the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China" No. 2 Corrections.

Revised at the 19th meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee on June 20, 2020.

Legal basis: "Archives Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 1 is to strengthen archives management, standardize archives collection and organization, effectively protect and utilize archives, and improve This law is formulated to improve the level of archives informatization construction, promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, and serve the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Article 2 This Law shall apply to activities involving the collection, arrangement, protection, utilization and supervision of archives.

The term "archives" as used in this Law refers to past and present agencies, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations as well as individuals engaged in economic, political, cultural, social, ecological civilization, military, foreign affairs, science and technology, etc. Historical records in various forms such as texts, charts, audio and video, etc., directly formed by the activities, have preservation value for the country and society.

Article 3: Uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China over archival work. People's governments at all levels should strengthen archives work, incorporate archives undertakings into national economic and social development plans, include archives undertaking development funds in government budgets, and ensure that the development of archives undertakings is compatible with the level of national economic and social development.

Article 4: Archives work shall implement the principles of unified leadership and hierarchical management, maintain the integrity and security of archives, and facilitate the use of all aspects of society.