Chief Archivist: Li Xing

Deputy Chief Archivists: Wan Yinghong(female), Tang Jun  

Brief Introduction: The Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a departmental archives and a base for permanent preservation of the diplomatic records accumulated since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Its main functions are to: collect and permanently manage records accumulated in the Ministry and its subordinate units; guide and supervise the archival work of the departments and subordinate units of the Ministry, Chinese diplomatic and consular missions overseas and offices of the commissioners of the Ministry in the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions; procure, select, distribute and manage diplomacy-related books, periodicals, newspapers and reference books for departments of the Ministry and overseas missions and provide access to them. The Archives assumes the administrative functions over its own archival work.

Tel: +86-10-65966200