Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Archives Law
Article 8 The national archives department is in charge of the national archives work, and is responsible for the overall planning, organization and coordination, unified construction, supervision and guidance of the national archives cause. The local archival departments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the archival work within their respective administrative areas, and supervise and guide the archival work of organs, groups, enterprises, institutions and other organizations within their respective administrative areas. Township people's governments shall designate personnel to be responsible for the archives management of their own organs, and supervise and guide the archives work of their subordinate units and grassroots mass autonomous organizations.
Article 9 State organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall make sure that archival institutions or archivists are responsible for managing the archives of their own units, and supervise and guide the archival work of their subordinate units. According to the needs of archives management, the central state organs shall guide the archives work of this system within the scope of their duties.