Shanghai has long been an open port of China where the Oriental culture meets the Occi-dental.The metropolis has not only established extensive economic ties with the rest of theworld but had increasing international cultural exchanges.The Shanghai Archives Bureau hasalso played a positive role in international exchanges in its field of competence. Shanghai has long been an open port of China where the Oriental culture meets the Occi-dental.The metropolis has not only established extensive economic ties with the rest of theworld but had increasing international cultural exchanges.The Shanghai Archives Bureau hasalso played a positive role in international exchanges in its field of competence.