What is the long-term retention period of documents?

The storage period of enterprise archives can be divided into permanent, long-term and short-term, with the long-term being 30 years and the short-term being 10 years.

According to Article 7 of the Provisions on the Filing Scope and Retention Period of Enterprise Documents and Materials, the retention period of enterprise files is set to be permanent and fixed, and the fixed period is generally divided into 30 years and 10 years.

Thirteenth enterprises should file paper documents, which have important revisions and explanations. If there are documents or documents that need to be processed, they should be filed together with the original documents and final documents. For electronic documents that have no corresponding paper or cannot be exported as paper, enterprises should be included in the filing scope and divide the preservation period. Enterprises should file the metadata of archived electronic documents accordingly.

The filing scope of enterprise documents and materials is:

(a) documents and materials that reflect the activities and basic historical features of the enterprise in research and development, production, service, management and other aspects, and are of value to the enterprise's activities, national construction, social development and historical research;

(two) documents and materials with voucher value formed by enterprises in various activities to safeguard the rights and interests of the state, enterprises and employees;

(three) the documents and materials of the relevant organs and superior units that need to be executed by the enterprise, and the documents and materials that need to be executed or retrieved from non-affiliated units; Documents and materials related to enterprises issued by social intermediary institutions; Important documents and materials submitted by affiliated enterprises and holding enterprises;

(4) Documents and materials that should be filed and preserved according to relevant laws and regulations, and other documents and materials that are of reference value to the activities of this enterprise.

The above contents refer to; National Archives Bureau-Provisions on filing scope and filing period of enterprise documents and materials