The Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a departmental archives and a base for permanent preservation of the diplomatic records accumulated since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Its main functions are: to collect and permanently manage records accumulated in the Ministry and its subordinate units; to guide and supervise the archival work of the departments and subordinate units of the Ministry, Chinese diplomatic and consular missions overseas and offices of the commissioners of the Foreign Ministry to the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions; to procure, select, distribute and manage diplomacy-related books, periodicals, newspapers and reference books for departments of the Ministry and overseas missions and provide access to them. The Archives assumes the administrative functions over its own archival work.

外交部档案馆属部门档案馆，是永久保管中华人民共和国成立以来的外交档案的基地。其主要职能是：负责收集并永久管理外交部及其直属单位形成的档案，对部内、部属各单位和我驻外使领馆、团、处、驻港公署的档案工作进行指导和监督；负责为部内各单位和驻外机构采选、配发与外交工作有关的种类书籍、报刊和工具书，并进行管理和提供服务。档案馆具有对本部门档案业务的行政管理职能。 

Director: Guo Chongli

馆长：郭崇立

Deputy Director-Generals: Dong Qiang, Li Xing

副馆长：董蔷、李星

To supervise and inspect the organs of the Foreign Ministry and the units directly under the Ministry and civil servants in accordance with the Administrative Supervisory Law of the People's Republic of China. Functions are as follows: 1. To inspect the observance and implementation of laws, regulations, Government decrees and orders by the organs of the Foreign Ministry and the units directly under the Ministry; 2. To handle accusations and complaints of breaches of regulations lodged against the organs of the Foreign Ministry, the civil servants and other personnel appointed by these organs; 3. To investigate and handle the breaches of regulations on the part of the organs of the Foreign Ministry, the civil servants and other personnel appointed by these organs; 4. To handle the appeals filed by civil servants and other personnel appointed by the organs of the Foreign Ministry against the administrative disciplinary actions imposed on them by the competent organs and those appeals which should be dealt with by supervisory bodies as stipulated in laws and administrative regulations; 5. Other duties that should be discharged by supervisory bodies as provided for by administrative regulations.

根据«中华人民共和国行政监察法»对外交部各行政职能部门及其国家公务员实施监察。其职责为：检查各行政职能部门在遵守和执行法律、法规和人民政府决定、命令中的问题；受理对各行政职能部门、国家公务员和外交部各行政职能部门任命的其他人员违反行政纪律行为的控告、检举；调查处理各行政职能部门，国家公务员和各行政职能部门任命的其他人员违反行政纪律的行为；受理国家公务员和各行政职能部门任命的其他人员不服主管行政部门给予行政处分决定的申诉，以及法律、行政法规规定的其他由监察机关受理的申诉；依照行政法规由监察机关履行的其他职责。 

Director: Xu Jian

局长：徐坚

Deputy Director-General: Li Ruiyou

副局长：李瑞佑

The Bureau for Chinese Diplomatic Missions Overseas works to improve the work style of senior officials and the ideological and political work in Chinese overseas diplomatic missions.

承担驻外外交机构的领导班子作风建设和思想政治工作。

Director: Lin Lin

局长：林琳

Deputy Director-Generals: Xie Xiaoyong, Song Yumin

副局长：谢小用、 宋昱旻