Archives Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 2016)
Archives Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 2016)
Archives Law of the People's Republic of China (Amended in 2016)
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 57
November 7, 2016
(Adopted at the 22nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress on September 5, 1987; amended for the first time according to the Decisions on Revising the Archives Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 20th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress on July 5, 1996; and amended for the second time according to the Decision on Revising Twelve Laws including the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 24th session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on November 7,2016)
Table of 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 Liability
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" refer to 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, 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, make coordination, unify the systems, and exercise supervision and provide guidance with regard to the undertakings of archives in the whole country.
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Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 57
November 7, 2016
(Adopted at the 22nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 6th National People's Congress on September 5, 1987; amended for the first time according to the Decisions on Revising the Archives Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 20th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress on July 5, 1996; and amended for the second time according to the Decision on Revising Twelve Laws including the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China passed at the 24th session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on November 7,2016)
Table of 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 Liability
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" refer to 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, 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, make coordination, unify the systems, and exercise supervision and provide guidance with regard to the undertakings of archives in the whole country.
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