中国是有悠久历史和灿烂文化的国家，具有重视档案事业的优良传统。这种优良传统，使民族文化得以世代传承，使中国文明至今仍保持着强大的凝聚力。……我们正处在世纪之交，科学技术进步日新月异，这给整个社会经济生活，包括档案工作，带来深刻的影响。在即将到来的二十一世 China is a country with a long history and splendid culture, with a fine tradition of attaching importance to the cause of archives. This fine tradition has enabled the inheritance of national culture from generation to generation, so that Chinese civilization still maintains a strong cohesion. ...... We are at the turn of the century, science and technology are advancing rapidly, which has a profound impact on the entire social and economic life, including archives. In the coming twenty-first world