Study On The Adjustment And Change Of The Legislative Focus Of Archives Law Of The People’s Republic Of China

In 1987,the establishment and promulgation of the Archives Law of the People’s Republic of China marked a historic leap in the construction of archives legal system in China.Over the past thirty years,the continuous progress of national legal construction.the increasing development of information technology,and the continuous enrichment of archives legal system theory and practice provide a research opportunity and fertile soil for perfecting the legal system of our archives.From 1987 to 2020,as the fundamental administrative law governing archives work.Archives Law has undergone two revisions and one revision.The adjustment and change of its legislative focus highlight the historical inheritance and development continuity of archives legal construction.This paper takes the Archives Law as the research object and makes a deep discussion on the legislative focus adjustment and change process of the Archives Law from the following three aspects by using literature research methods:Firstly,the general principles and special principles that should be followed in the legislation of Archives Law are explained with the guiding ideology of legislation.Secondly,the three most representative stages in the evolution of the Archives Law and the corresponding legal texts/draft revisions are analyzed and sorted out.In the foundation laying stage,the 1987 version of the Archives Law realized the goal of the archives legislation from scratch.To explore the discretionary stage,the draft revision of the 2016 version of the Archives Law(approved)puts forward corresponding measures to solve the problems arising from the archives work in our country in practice,and further discusses the possibility and necessity of enriching the relevant laws;In the stage of improvement and deepening,the 2020 version of Archives Law,on the basis of the 1987 version of Archives Law,adopts and improves some contents of the 2016 version of Archives Law revision draft(for approval).This paper will summarize the above contents and excavate their respective emphases.Finally,the paper analyzes the reasons,significance and rules behind the adjustment and change of the legislative focus of the Archives Law,and draws the conclusion that "the revision and improvement of the Archives Law further strengthen the system of Chinese archives laws and regulations from the perspective of the modernization of national governance,and thus promote the improvement of our archives management ability",which helps us to take the legal perspective as the breakthrough point.Grasp the "wind vane" of the archival cause development,sort out the context of its development,so as to be more relevant in guiding the archival practice work.