Fujian Provincial Archives
Fujian Provincial Archives, or Archives of Fujian Province, was founded on October 1, 1959. It is a public institution directly subordinate to the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and classified as a national first-class archive. It is situated at 2 Mingde Road, University Town Center, Minhou County, Fuzhou City.
The Archives of Fujian Province contains a substantial and significant collection of records. Numerous historical materials not only mirror the provincial conditions and characteristics of Fujian but also possess considerable national significance. The distinctive political, economic, and geographical position of Fujian Province has imparted a particular local flavor to the archives.
Documents
The collection predominantly comprises four principal categories:- Archives from the Ming and Qing dynasties. This encompasses land deeds from the Ming and Qing dynasties, along with records from the late Qing dynasty pertaining to Fujian provincial local administrations, postal services, customs, and foreign commercial enterprises. The oldest record is a land deed in 1582.
- Archives from the era of the Republic of China. This principally encompasses party, government, military, economic, cultural, educational, health, and overseas Chinese affairs archives from the era of the Beiyang and Nanjing Governments in Fujian, spanning 1912 to 1949.
- Revolutionary historical records. The collection predominantly comprises documents, publications, proclamations, leaflets, notes, and letters produced between 1927 and 1949 by the CCP Fujian Provincial Committee, the Fujian-Guangdong-Jiangxi Provincial Committee, the Fujian-Jiangxi Provincial Committee, and the Fujian Provincial Soviet Government in Fujian, during the execution of the land revolution, the establishment of armed forces, and the execution of guerrilla warfare.
- Archives subsequent to the establishment of the People's Republic of China. These comprise archives that document diverse aspects of Fujian Province's communist development and the reform and opening-up initiative.