The Second Historical Archives of China is located on 309 East Zhongshan Rd., Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It was formerly the relic of West Palace of Ming Dynasty. It was founded in February 1951, and originally named "Nanjing Historical Documents Management Bureau". From 1964, it became affiliated to the State Archives Administration of the People's Republic of China, and was renamed ''The Second Historical Archives".
The Second Historical Archives of China collect archives of former central governments during the Republic of China period , including the governments in Nanjing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Beijing. It also has the archive of government led by Wang Jingwei during Japanese occupation era. In addition, there are a large quantity of documents concerning celebrities and senior officers of Kuomintang in modern China.
Potential users need to be aware that the Archives has that it is severely restricting access to files from October 2008 onwards, as part of a comprehensive ditigitization program that aims to restrict access only to digitized files.
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