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Now over 1, 519, 908volumes of archives and materials are stored in Beijing Municipal Archives and they are classified as Ming/Qing Dynasties, Republican China, New Democratic revolution and the People"s Republic of China in the order of time. There is a large variety featuring in a great number of fields with some rare historical records available. Currently, about 847, 300 archive catalogs and 807, 475 thematic archives catalogs involving politics, economy, military, culture/education, industry, agriculture, construction, traffic, transportation, business, commerce and social relief, etc. are in service to the public, which span over 400 years from 1533 to 1966 touching upon 180 organizations and groups.