National Archives Administration of China

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National Archives Administration
(of the People's Republic of China)
Central Archives
(of the Chinese Communist Party)

国家档案局 中央档案馆
Administrative agency overview
Formed	1954
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Headquarters	Beijing
Administrative agency executive	Lu Guoqiang, Secretary / Curator
Parent department	General Office of the Chinese Communist Party
Parent administrative agency	State Council of the People's Republic of China
Child agencies	First Historical Archives of China Second Historical Archives of China
Website	www.saac.gov.cn

The National Archives Administration of China (国家档案局) is the national administrative agency responsible for historical records of the state dating back to imperial times in China.^[1] The archive collections include more than 800,000 records.^[1] There are more than 80 million items of information in documents, records, files, manuscripts on important political figures.^[1] The agency also concurrently holds records for the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Hence it is also known as the Central Archives (中央档案馆).^[1]