An Analysis On Zhou Enlai’s Contribution For The Chinese Archival Undertaking

Zhou Enlai made contributions to the Chinese archival undertaking, he valued archival arrangement and utilization during the revolutionary war, each important stage of archival undertaking’s development without Zhou Enlai’s care after the founding of our country. Zhou Enlai attached great importance to archives and archival work, he made contributions to the work of archival collection, arrangement, safekeeping, compiling and utilization. The centralized management system of the archival undertaking was not build up if without Zhou Enlai’s support. The central library was established under the guidance of Zhou Enlai, similarly, the establishment and development of imperial archives, central archives, northeast archives, all was connected with prime minister Zhou Enlai’s concern. In order to promote the development of archival undertaking, Zhou Enlai supported the creation of archival educational institution, also personally engaged the Soviet archival specialists for the Chinese people’s university. Zhou Enlai was not only strict with archivists, but also place hope on them. Zhou Enlai made indelible contribution to the Chinese archival undertaking, he was worthy of the founder of the Chinese archival undertaking.