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] 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.

[citation needed] In 1959, CCP Central Committee decided the National Archives was not just an archive agency for the communist party and it should be also a state agency for repository of state official records.

[citation needed] In 1970, the National Archives was made defunct.