《中华人民共和国档案法》英文版(Adoptedatthe22ndMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSixthNationalPeople''''sCongressonSeptember5,1987,andrevisedinaccordancewiththeDecisionontheRevisionoftheArchivesLawofthePeople''''sRepublicofChinaadoptedatthe20thMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeOftheEighthNationalPeople''''sCongressonJuly5,1996)ContentsChapterIGeneralProvisionsChapterIIArchivesInstitutionsandTheirResponsibilitiesChapterIIIAdministrationofArchivesChapterIVUseandPublicationofArchivesChapterVLegalResponsibilityChapterVISupplementaryProvisionsChapterIGeneralProvisions1ThisLawisenactedwithaviewtostrengtheningthemanagement,collectionandarrangementofarchivesandeffectivelyprotectingandusingarchivesintheserviceofsocialistmodernization.2ForthepurposeofthisLaw,"archives"meanshistoricalrecordsinvariousforms,includingwritingsindifferent1anguages,pictures,diagrams,audio-visual,etc.,whosepreservationisofvaluetotheStateandsocietyandwhichhavebeenorarebeingdirectlyformedbyStateorgans,publicorganizationsandindividualsintheirpolitical,military,economic,scientific,technological,cultural,religiousandotheractivities.---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---3EveryStateorgan,unitofthearmedforces,politicalparty,publicorganization,enterpriseandinstitutionandeverycitizensha1lhavetheobligationtoprotectarchives.4Thepeople''''sgovernmentsatvariouslevelsshallstrengthentheirleadershipinarchivalworkandincorporatethedevelopmentofundertakingsofarchivesintotheprogramofthenationaleconomicandsocialdevelopment.5Inarchivalwork,theprincipleofunifiedleadershipandadministrationatdifferentlevelsshallbepracticedinordertoensuretheintegrityandsafetyofarchivesandfacilitatetheirusebypeopleofvariousquartersofsociety.ChapterIIArchivesInstitutionsandTheirResponsibilities6Thenationalarchivesadministrationdepartmentshallberesponsibleforarchivalworkthroughoutthecountry.Itshallmakeanoveral1p1an,coordinatetheorganizations,unifythesystems,andexercisesupervisionandprovideguidancewithregardtotheundertakingsofarchivesinthewholecountry.ThearchivesadministrationdepartmentsofthePeople''''sgovernmentsatorabovethecountylevelshallberesponsiblefortheundertakingsofarchiveswithintheirrespectiveadministrativeareas.Theyshallsuperviseanddirectthearchiva1workoftheStateorgans,publicorganizations,enterprises,institutionsandotherorganizationsundertheirjurisdiction.Thepeople''''sgovernmentsoftownships,nationalitytownshipsandtownsshalldesignatepersonneltotakechargeofpreservingthearchivesoftheirownofficesandtosuperviseanddirectthearchivalworkoftheirsubordinateunits.7ThearchivesinstitutionsorarchivistsofStateorgans,publicorganizations,enterprises,institutionsandotherorganizationsshallberesponsib1eforpreservingthearchivesoftheirownunitsandsuperviseanddirectthearchivalworkoftheirsubordinateunits.8Thenationa1archivesrepositoriesandlocalarchivesrepositoriesofvarioustypesatorabovethecountylevelshallbeculturalinstitutionsforthecentralizedadministrationofarchives.Theyshallberesponsib1e---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---forreceiving,collecting,arrangingandkeepingarchiveswithintheirrespectivejurisdictionandmakingthemavailabletousers.9Archivistsshallbedevotedtotheirduty,observedisciplineandpossessprofessionalknowledge.Unitsandindividualsthathavemadeoutstandingachievementsinthecollection,arra...