The principles for appraising the preservation value of archives, the standards for storage periods, and the procedures and methods for destroying archives are as follows:
1. Principle of historical value: reflects the process and facts of the historical development of human society, and is important to Studying history and the development of human society is of great value.
2. Administrative management value principle: It reflects the administrative management process and work results of governments, enterprises and institutions, and is of great value to the development of administrative management and services, and the maintenance of social stability.
3. Legal value principle: reflects the implementation process and effect of the legal system, and is of great value in formulating, revising and improving laws and regulations, and promoting the construction of the rule of law.
4. Research value principle: Reflecting the history, theory, methods and results of a certain subject field, it is of great value to promote the development and research of the subject.
5. Storage period standards: Permanent storage: archives with extremely high historical value, cultural value or other special value. Long-term preservation: Archives that have important historical value, administrative value, legal value, research value, etc. and need to be preserved for a long time. Regular preservation: Archives that have certain historical value, administrative value, legal value, research value, etc. and need to be preserved regularly.
6. Procedures and methods for destroying files: Prepare a destruction plan: According to regulations, prepare a destruction plan for files that no longer have preservation value. Destruction plan submitted for approval: The archives management agency shall review the destruction plan together with relevant departments and submit it to the superior archives management agency for approval. Public announcement of destruction plan: The approved destruction plan shall be publicized for 30 days. Destruction of files: After the expiration of the publicity period, they will be destroyed according to the destruction plan. Prepare a destruction report: After the destruction is completed, prepare a destruction report and submit it to the approval authority for filing.