Archival Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 1996)
Archival Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 1996)
Archival Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 1996)
Order of the President [1996] No. 71
July 5, 1996
(Adopted at the 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on September 5, 1987; and amended by the Decisions on Amending the Archival Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 20th session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on July 5, 1996)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Archival Institutions and Their Responsibilities
Chapter III Administration of Archives
Chapter IV Use and Publication of Archives
Chapter V Legal Responsibility
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purposes of strengthening the management, collection and arrangement of archives and effectively protecting and using archives in the service of socialist modernization.
Article 2 For the purpose of this Law, "archives" means historical records in various forms, including writings in different languages, pictures, diagrams, audio-visual, etc., whose preservation is of value to the State and society and which have been or are being directly formed by State organs, public organizations and individuals in their political, military, economic, scientific, technological, cultural, religious and other activities.
Article 3 Every State organ, unit of the armed forces, political party, public organization, enterprise and institution and every citizen shall have the obligation to protect archives.
Article 4 The people's governments at various levels shall strengthen their leadership in archival work and incorporate the development of undertakings of archives into the program of the national economic and social development.
Article 5 In archival work, the principle of unified leadership and administration at different levels shall be practiced in order to ensure the integrity and safety of archives and facilitate their use by people of various quarters of society.
Chapter II Archival Institutions and Their Responsibilities
Article 6 The national archival administration department shall be responsible for archival work throughout the country. It shall make an overall plan, coordinate the organizations, unify the systems, and exercise supervision and provide guidance with regard to the undertakings of archives in the whole country.
The archival administration departments of the People's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the undertakings of archives within their respective administrative areas. They shall supervise and direct the archival work of the State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations under their jurisdiction.
The people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns shall designate personnel to take charge of preserving the archives of their own offices and to supervise and direct the archival work of their subordinate units.
(Relevant articles: Legislation 2)
Article 7 The archival institutions or archivists of State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall be responsible for preserving the archives of their own units and supervise and direct the archival work of their subordinate units.
(Relevant articles: Legislation 2)
Article 8 The national archival repositories and local archival repositories of various types at or above the county level shall be cultural institutions for the centralized administration of archives.
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Order of the President [1996] No. 71
July 5, 1996
(Adopted at the 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress on September 5, 1987; and amended by the Decisions on Amending the Archival Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 20th session of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on July 5, 1996)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Archival Institutions and Their Responsibilities
Chapter III Administration of Archives
Chapter IV Use and Publication of Archives
Chapter V Legal Responsibility
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purposes of strengthening the management, collection and arrangement of archives and effectively protecting and using archives in the service of socialist modernization.
Article 2 For the purpose of this Law, "archives" means historical records in various forms, including writings in different languages, pictures, diagrams, audio-visual, etc., whose preservation is of value to the State and society and which have been or are being directly formed by State organs, public organizations and individuals in their political, military, economic, scientific, technological, cultural, religious and other activities.
Article 3 Every State organ, unit of the armed forces, political party, public organization, enterprise and institution and every citizen shall have the obligation to protect archives.
Article 4 The people's governments at various levels shall strengthen their leadership in archival work and incorporate the development of undertakings of archives into the program of the national economic and social development.
Article 5 In archival work, the principle of unified leadership and administration at different levels shall be practiced in order to ensure the integrity and safety of archives and facilitate their use by people of various quarters of society.
Chapter II Archival Institutions and Their Responsibilities
Article 6 The national archival administration department shall be responsible for archival work throughout the country. It shall make an overall plan, coordinate the organizations, unify the systems, and exercise supervision and provide guidance with regard to the undertakings of archives in the whole country.
The archival administration departments of the People's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the undertakings of archives within their respective administrative areas. They shall supervise and direct the archival work of the State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations under their jurisdiction.
The people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns shall designate personnel to take charge of preserving the archives of their own offices and to supervise and direct the archival work of their subordinate units.
(Relevant articles: Legislation 2)
Article 7 The archival institutions or archivists of State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall be responsible for preserving the archives of their own units and supervise and direct the archival work of their subordinate units.
(Relevant articles: Legislation 2)
Article 8 The national archival repositories and local archival repositories of various types at or above the county level shall be cultural institutions for the centralized administration of archives.
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