档案是机关、社会组织和个人在社会活动中形成的,作为原始记录保存起来以备查考的文字、图表,声象及其它各种方式和载体的文件材料。档案是由文件材料有条件地转化而来的,即办理完毕、有一定查考利用价值并按照一定的规律集中保存起来的文件,才能成为档案。档案作为一种重要的信息资源,可成为机关工作的稽凭,生产活动的依据和参考,科学研究的基础和条件,揭露和打击敌人的有力武器,宣传教育的生动素材。档案的作用虽然是多方面的,但从性质上却可概括为凭证和参考两个方面。 Archives are documents, documents, audio-visual images, and various other means and carriers preserved in social activities by organs, social organizations and individuals for preservation as original records. Archives are conditionally converted from documents and materials, that is completed, there is a certain reference to the use of value and in accordance with certain laws to focus on the preservation of the file, to become a file. Archives, as an important information resource, can serve as a reference for organ work, basis and reference of production activities, basis and condition of scientific research, revealing and cracking down enemy powerful weapons and vivid materials for propaganda and education. Although the role of the file is multifaceted, but in nature can be summarized as evidence and reference two aspects.