Abstract: Focusing on China’s National Strategy for electronic records management, 2006′ Information Resource Management Forum of China was held in SIRM of RUC.

2006’Information Resource Management Forum of China was held in School of Information Resource Management (SIRM) in Renmin University of China (RUC) on May 27th ,2006. This forum was held by SIRM of RUC. The topic of the forum is designing national strategy for electronic records management and enhancing the national control of information resource.

Leaders, experts, scholars, workers from central and local governments, archival system and information management system together with teachers and students form SIRM of RUC participated in the forum. Dr Zhang Bin, Associate Dean of SIRM held the opening ceremony of the forum. Professor Zhao Guojun, Associate Dean of SIRM and Li Heping, deputy director general of the State Archives Administration of China addressed in the opening ceremony of the forum. Dr.Feng Huiling, Vice-President of RUC, Dean of SIRM gave the main report of the forum: ‘Thinking on fully designing and implementing the National Strategies for Electronic Records Management.’ Huang Yuming, Deputy director general of Archives Administration of An Hui province gave the other main report of the forum:’Course&Route-Thinking on the Construction Practice of Electonic Record Center of An Hui province.’Both lectures are wonderful.

After the main reports of the forum, Professor Chen Yongsheng from Department of Information Management of Sun Yat-sen University held the first phase disscussion of the forum, the topic of which is’Comparative Research on Strategies for Electronic Record Management of the main countries in the world.’Professor Wang Jian, associate professor An Xiaomi, doctor Zhang Ning from SIRM gave lectures on ‘The Strategy for Managing Electronic Records in US’,’The Strategy for Managing Electronic Records in UK and Australia-Case Study’,’The Strategy for Managing Electronic Records in Europe’. Professor Liu Jiazhen from Department of Information Management of Wu Han University gave lecture on ‘Electronic Government PK Electronic Records’. All the participants are interested in the topics and lectures and they discussed enthusiasticly to show their opinions.
Professor Jiang Zhimao from Archives Administration of Beijing held the second disscussion phases of the forum, the topic of which is’The Strategy for Managing Electronic Records in China’. Associate professor Liu Yuenan from SIRM in delegate of the research group to give advice on how to design strategies for managing electronic records in China; professor Zhang Zhaoyu, associate dean of School of Sociology of Su Zhou University gave advice on how to implement the national strategies for managing electronic records; doctor Qian Yi show the research on functional requirements for electronic records management system. Experts and offers from Shen Zhen, Shang Hai, Ji Lin provinces and Beijing also addressed in the forum. The lectures gained big and continual applauses.

Participants of the forum highly agreed with Professor Feng Huiling’s summery of the forum: this forus has ‘three high’, which is high topic, high density and high enthusiasm. The forum has three characters: has international eyesight and national focus; with thought of strategies and consciousness of replying; reasearch from many directions and get together to one focus.