The Study On The Opening Of Government Archive Office In China

Government Archive Office contains huge of information about ourgovernment, characteristics of authenticity, integrity and systemic;however, they are relatively closed and only be available to officers ingovernment. But with the democratic progress and the acceptance ofopening of government information, especially the formal practice ofRegulation of the People’s Republic of China on the Disclosure ofGovernment Information published in May of2008, the population hasmore and more demand on archives, and the opening of archives officehas been paid more and more attention.Opening the Government Archive Office will make up the weaknessof opening files and archives in Archive Office and the present documentcenter, as well as promote the realization of civil knowing rights. Theopening of Government Archive Office is supported by such series oftheories as file value, file lifetime cycle, information sharing; it is alsosupported by such laws and regulations as The Administrative PermissionLaw, and the decree of government information openness. But thepractice of opening the Government Archive Office has just started inChina, and the shortcomings of the practice show up as following: thedefault of law and regulation, the irrational design of room structure, theweak consciousness of archives and the difficulties of informationconstruction. To realize the opening of Government Archive Office, moreefforts should be paid on improving laws and regulations, optimizing thestructure of archives room, to enhance the sense of archives and speedingthe construction of information.