The Shenzhen Municipal Administration of Archives provides joint administration with the Shenzhen Municipal Archives and the Shenzhen Municipal Archives of Urban Construction.

Its major responsibilities include:

1) to implement national laws, regulations and policies on archive affairs; to draft relevant local regulations, development plans and management standards;

2) to direct public promotions on relevant laws and regulations; to supervise relevant law enforcement; to crack down illegal activities;

3) to collect archive materials with preservation values from government agencies, public institutions and enterprises; to collect archive materials with national and social values from domestic and overseas regions;

4) to participate in the inspection and acceptance procedures for urban construction projects; collect construction files of all the municipal and public engineering projects, underground pipeline engineering projects, as well as the construction projects of more than 10 stories, with an area of more than 10,000 square meters or with an investment of more than five million yuan;

5) to create and preserve audio/video files for the city's major political affairs and foreign affairs, key municipal engineering projects and construction projects, as well as serious emergencies and natural disasters;

6) to arrange, preserve, compile and research the archived files; to cooperate with relevant departments to use the files in social undertakings;

7) to formulate local standards and procedures of IT application for the archives; to direct and supervise local digital filing work;

8) to direct the reviewing and managing affairs for the technical positions; to direct the promotion and application of relevant theories and technologies;

9) to direct the supervise local archive affairs; to direct and coordinate the management of specific archives including credit records, urban plans,  as well as the files for land management, property rights, environmental protection and water affairs; to direct and supervise relevant intermediary agents and academic organizations;

10) to establish an efficient communication channel with local enterprises for better guidance in the management of archives;

11) to undertake other assignments given by the municipal party committee and the municipal government.