[3] In addition, the Archive undertakes research projects directed at finding ‘lost’ films and abandoned filmmaking practises.

[11]As of 2020, the Archive was led by Sun Xianghui, who was also a guest professor at the MACAU University of Science and Technology.

[14] The Archive currently holds historical artefacts – besides film prints – including photographs and documentaries of notable events.

[15] In 2012 the archive began to screen silent, Chinese animated films with an arranged, musical accompaniment.

[1] The Archive's director, Sun Xianghui, referred to this program in an interview in Easternkicks as ‘1 month, 1 village, 1 film’, which operates by a single employee travelling with a digital projector to set up large, outdoor screenings of recently restored Chinese films.

[1] These courses include a three-year master's degree which is limited to 20 students per year and heavily focuses on Chinese film history.

[18] After passing through censorship tests, which including banning themes of LGBT, politics and nudity, the films bought would be publicly shown by Chinese distributors, who would also be responsible for their marketing.

[23] The first series, 'Restored Treasures: The Enigma of Chinese Animations (1)' premiered in May 2014, and screened the films; The Mouse and the Frog (1934), Princess Iron-Fan (1941), The Kite (1943) and Dreaming to Be Emperor (1947).

[23] The programme featured films including The Proud General (1956), Pigsy Eats Watermelon (1958), Where Is Mamma?

[27] International scholars from Canada, France, The Netherlands and the United States of America attended the seminar and the screening of four of Ivens’ films; The 400 Million (1938), Before Spring (1958), Football Story (1976) and A Tale of The Wind (1988).

[27] The Archive has hosted multiple conferences discussing different film genres and time periods, to work towards the goal of creating a ‘comprehensive history’ of Chinese Cinema.

[13] From March 1 to May 12, 2021, the Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies was held online via Zoom.

[28] Other films screened, owned by the Archive included, The Kite (1943), Dreaming to be Emperor (1943) and Capturing the Turtle in the Jar (1948).

[31] This is as the Archive's copy had two missing scenes, a ‘magenta hue’ and Chinese subtitles burned into the negatives.

[35] In 2011 the Chinese film Pan Si Dong (1927) was discovered at an archive at Mo I Rana, a section of the National Library of Norway.

[35] The film was handed to the Archive by the National Library of Norway - as facilitated by the FIFA - where it was restored and shown at the South Festival in Oslo in 2014.

[35] On two separate expeditions between 2005 and 2006 to the Archive, eight Korean films were found, which were eventually restored and presented for public viewing.

[35] In 2015, during the year of cultural exchange between the United Kingdom and China, it was reported that the British Film Institute (BFI) and the Archive were collaborating on a project.

[4] The compilation was composed of home movies, travelogues and newsreels by British and French filmmakers, and featured footage filmed between 1900 and 1925 of notable cities in China including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou.

[4][36] This compilation was screened at the BFI's Southbank Cinema with a live score by Ruth Chan, in February 2016.

[38] The International Film/Cinema Weeks screening in 1989 was organised by the Archive and the CFARC in collaboration with other film bodies in the United States, France, England.

[41] Two notable films that were screened were by Xie Jin – Red Detachment of Women (1960) and Two Stage Sisters (1964).

[41] Prior to the Archive's institution, academic scholarship on Chinese film during the 1940s was difficult as there was no research material to draw upon.

[44] In anticipation, the Archive released a collection of articles specialising in Hong Kong film as well as a comprehensive reference list.

[28] Cinematography: Chi Yong Screened at the 2021 Inaugural Conference of the Association for Chinese Animation Studies.