1. The retention period of government documents and archives is set to be permanent and fixed.

2. Regularity is generally divided into thirty years and ten years.

3. The archives kept by the National Archives shall generally be open to the public for 30 years from the date of formation. The period for opening economic, scientific, technological and cultural archives to the public can be less than 30 years, and the period for opening archives involving national security or vital interests and other unsuitable archives to the public can be more than 30 years. The specific time limit shall be formulated by the national archives administration department and submitted to the State Council for approval and implementation.

Personal files are generally kept for one year, depending on the situation:

1. Different types of files have different storage times. For example, economic, scientific, technical and cultural archives can be open to the public for no more than 30 years.

2, involving national security or major interests, and other files that are not suitable for opening to the public, can be kept for more than 30 years.

The talent center accepts personal files that meet the following conditions:

1, working in private enterprises or individual business units, can store files in local talent centers;

2. If the household registration is local, you can first store the files in the local talent center;

3. Archival materials must be true and effective, and talent centers such as files that are inconsistent with personal reality, unsealed files, and files lacking materials will not be accepted;

4 files must be handed over to the public, and the archives talent center carried by individuals will not accept them;

5. Meet the acceptance requirements of local talent centers.

To sum up, personal files cannot be stored in personal hands in principle, but sometimes they fall into personal hands for various reasons now, but once they are settled, they must be handed over to the unit as soon as possible.

Legal basis:

Article 19 of the Archives Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Archives and archival institutions of organs, organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall establish a scientific management system to facilitate the use of archives; According to the relevant provisions of the state, it is equipped with warehouses and necessary facilities and equipment suitable for file storage to ensure the safety of files; Adopt advanced technology to realize the modernization of archives management.

Archives and organs, organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations shall establish and improve the working mechanism of archives safety, strengthen the risk management of archives safety, and improve the emergency handling capacity of archives safety.