《档案工作》1985年第4期,曾经以《努力编写好当代档案事业的史书》为题,介绍了《当代中国的档案事业》一书开始编写的工作情况。两年过去了,现在这部书已经编好付印,几个月之后即可正式出版问世。关于这部书的性质,内容、编写情况和编辑出版目的,裴桐同志已在答记者问中作了明确的介绍。本文仅就这部书的性质和特点作一些具体的补充说明。正如裴桐同志所指出的:这部书是关于当代中国档案事业的一部史书性的科学著作,可以作为培训档案干部的基本教材和档案科研的材料书。它以马列主义、毛 “Archives work” 1985 the fourth period, once “to write a good history of contemporary archives history” as a title, introduced the “contemporary archives in China,” a book started writing work. Two years later, now the book has been prepared for printing, a few months later can be formally published. With regard to the nature, content, compilation and editing of this book, Comrade Pei Tong made a clear introduction in answering questions. This article only on the nature and characteristics of this book to make some specific supplementary instructions. As Comrade Pei Tong pointed out, this book is a historiographical scientific work on the archives in contemporary China. It can be used as a basic material for training cadres in archives and materials for scientific research in archives. It is Marxism-Leninism, Mao