Founded in 1958, China Film Archive (aka CFA) is subordinated by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. She has joined International Federation of Film Archives (aka FIAF) as membership since 1980. Over 30,000 titles of Chinese and foreign films in all time are preserved in two CFA vaults located in Beijing and Xi’an. China Film Art Research Center has been co-located with CFA since 1984. China Film Archive is the only national organization of film heritage preservation playing a typical role in the field of film preservation, film research and cultural exchanges. She also involves multiple functions including post graduate education, periodical publication, art theater, archiving and cataloguing etc..