Recently, the National Archives Bureau held on-the-job training for archival professionals nationwide as scheduled, aiming at further improving the basic theory, knowledge and skills of archival work of archival professionals and better serving the needs of archival development. It is reported that the newly revised 20 15 edition of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Occupational Classification Ceremony (hereinafter referred to as the Occupational Classification Ceremony) independently classified "archival professionals" as a subcategory for the first time, and changed its name from "archival professionals" to "archival professionals" on the basis of the 1999 edition. It reflects the country's attention and consideration to the specialization of the archives industry in the process of revising the occupational classification, and provides an important reference for the construction of archives talent team, archives-related higher education and vocational education and training in the future. It is of great significance to standardize the development and management of human resources in the archival industry, further strengthen the training of archival talents and team capabilities, and promote the all-round scientific development of archival undertakings. At the same time, the adjustment of the classification structure of archivists by the professional classification ceremony further highlights the importance of archival work, which is conducive to promoting the archival industry to specialization, socialization and internationalization, leaving room for further refining the classification of archival industry in the future.

The 20 15 version of the Occupational Classification Ceremony was reviewed, approved and promulgated by the National Occupational Classification Ceremony Revision Working Committee, which included "archivists" into the subcategory of "press and publication, cultural professionals" under the second category of "professional and technical personnel". Archives professionals refer to professionals who are engaged in receiving, collecting, sorting, cataloging, identifying, keeping, protecting, utilizing and compiling archives. The main task is to receive or collect files; Register the appraisal files and determine the storage period; Classify, number and group documents; Shelving, warehousing, moving, registering and counting files, counting and checking files; Carry out daily management of archives warehouse and safety monitoring of archives, and protect and repair archives; Compile retrieval tools and establish databases; Provide file lending and consulting services; Textual research and compilation of archival materials.

The first occupational classification ceremony in China was promulgated on 1999. In the 1999 version of the occupational classification ceremony, books, materials and archives are merged into a small category, and the subcategories under this category include books, materials, archives, microfilm and other books, materials and archives. At the end of 20 10, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, together with AQSIQ and National Bureau of Statistics, started the revision work, which lasted for five years and formed the 20 15 version of the occupational classification ceremony. "Occupational Classification Ceremony" is the authoritative chapter of China municipal government's systematic and scientific classification management of social occupations, which has played a normative and leading role in human resources market construction, vocational education and training, employment and entrepreneurship, national economic information statistics and population census. The occupational classification structure determined in the Grand Ceremony of Occupational Classification includes four levels: big category, middle category, small category and fine category, which reflect the occupational categories from coarse to fine in turn. Fine category is the most basic category, that is, occupation. The occupational classification system of the 20 15 version of the occupational classification ceremony is 8 categories, 75 middle categories and 434 sub-categories, 148 1 occupation.