On October 9, 2015 (August 27, 2015 lunar calendar), the archives of the Nanjing Massacre were successfully "inscribed on the World Heritage List". Screenshot of the UNESCO website On the evening of October 9, 2015 local time, UNESCO, headquartered in Paris, announced on its official website the list of the latest items to be included in the "Memory of the World List" in 2015. Out of a total of 47 selected items, the Nanjing Massacre file submitted by China was included in the list, but another comfort women file was unfortunately not selected. So far, among the 346 documents and document collections included in the "Memory of the World List", 10 from China have been selected. According to the official website of UNESCO, the Nanjing Massacre file submitted by China is divided into three parts, including files on the mass murder of Chinese soldiers and civilians during the occupation of Nanjing by the Japanese invading army from 1937 to 1938; files on the investigation and trial of Japanese war criminals from 1945 to 1947; and documents provided by the judicial organs of the People's Republic of China from 1952 to 1956. The Comfort Women and Japanese Army Sex Slave File documents the situation and suffering of the comfort women. People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese invaders (September 17). According to the news released by UNESCO on October 9, the Nanjing Massacre file was officially included in the Memory of the World Register. People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese invaders (September 17). People visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese invaders Extended reading: The Road to Successful Application of the Nanjing Massacre Archives Extended reading: The Road to Successful Application of the Nanjing Massacre Archives Successful Application! The Nanjing Massacre Archives are listed in the United Nations Memory of the World Heritage Site. The reporter learned that on the evening of the 9th local time, UNESCO, headquartered in Paris, announced on its official website the list of the latest items to be included in the "Memory of the World List" in 2015. Among the 47 selected items, the Nanjing Massacre Archives declared by China were on the list. At the same time, another document related to the forced recruitment of comfort women by the Japanese army was rejected. The 12th meeting of the Memory of the World Project International Advisory Committee was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from April 4th to 6th. The participating members reviewed about 90 nominations from countries around the world on Memory of the World heritage within three days, including China's declaration of the Nanjing Massacre and the Japanese army's forced recruitment of comfort women. The reporter learned that Zhu Chengshan, director of the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese invaders, was also at the meeting in Abu Dhabi. China formed a Chinese archival delegation headed by Li Mingwei, director of the National Archives Bureau. Zhu Chengshan and Professor Su Zhiliang of Shanghai Normal University attended the meeting as experts and observers. [Hundreds of documents around the world have become the permanent memory of mankind. China has listed 10 items so far] World Memory Heritage, also known as the World Memory Project or World Archival Heritage, is a document protection project launched by UNESCO in 1992. The purpose is to rescue the documents that are gradually aging, damaged and disappearing around the world through international cooperation and the use of the best technical means to make human memory more complete. Previously, China has selected 9 projects including the "Qing Dynasty Golden List", "Naxi Dongba Ancient Books", "Materia Medica Compendium" and "Huangdi Neijing". UNESCO said in a brief introduction that the "Nanjing Massacre Archives" consists of three parts: the first part is about the massacre events (1937-1938); the second part is about the documents of the military tribunal of the government of the Republic of China in the post-war investigation and trial of war criminals (1945-1947); the third part is the documents of the judicial organs of the People's Republic of China (1952-1956). "Comfort Women" - The Japanese Army Sex Slave Archives mainly includes archives on "comfort women" from 1931 to 1949, documenting the situation and suffering of "comfort women". The reporter learned that the Memory of the World Project, also known as the Memory of the World Heritage or World Archival Heritage, is a document preservation project launched by UNESCO in 1992. Its purpose is to rescue the aging, damaged and disappearing documents around the world through international cooperation and the use of the best technical means, so as to make human memory more complete. So far, hundreds of documents around the world have been included in the list and become permanent human memory. [The Road to Apply for Cultural Heritage] The road to "Apply for Cultural Heritage" has gathered the efforts of multiple departments of the central, provincial and municipal governments and many scholars. In March 2010, the "Nanjing Massacre History Archives" project was officially launched to apply to UNESCO's "Memory of the World Heritage Project List". Led by the State Archives Bureau, the archives initially included the archives of the Second Historical Archives of China, the Nanjing Municipal Archives, and the Memorial Hall of the Compatriots Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invaders. Later, the archives of the Central Archives, the Liaoning Provincial Archives, the Jilin Provincial Archives, and the Shanghai Municipal Archives were added. In March 2014, the State Archives Bureau of China, in the name of the National Committee of the Memory of the World Project, officially submitted the nomination forms for the "Nanjing Massacre Archives" and "Comfort Women" - Japanese Military Sex Slaves Archives to the UNESCO Memory of the World Heritage Secretariat. There are 11 sets of related archives. The reporter saw on the official website of UNESCO that the two projects submitted by China are "Nanjing Massacre Archives" and "Comfort Women" - Japanese Military Sex Slaves Archives, both submitted in 2014. UNESCO does not participate in the selection process of the "Memory of the World" program, but acts as an intermediary body to coordinate the work of the applicants and the evaluation committee. Independent experts will determine the authenticity, importance and uniqueness of the submissions through a series of evaluation criteria. It is understood that no votes are required during the selection process. After receiving a submission, UNESCO will first send the submission to the registration committee and the technical committee for evaluation. The evaluation results will then be forwarded to the 14-member international advisory committee. The committee will form a final recommendation, which will be submitted by the chairman of the committee to the Director-General of UNESCO. [Archival historical clues clearly form a complete chain of evidence] Zhu Chengshan said in June 2014 that this batch of archival historical clues is clear, the records are authentic and credible, and the archival materials are complementary and mutually corroborated, forming a complete chain of evidence. Zhu Chengshan said that in the "Nanjing Massacre Archives", including the diary of Cheng Ruifang, the warden of Jinling Women's College of Arts and Sciences, who is in the International Security Zone; American pastor John? Maggie 16mm camera and its film master; Nanjing citizen Luo Jin risked her life to save 16 selfies of Japanese invaders massacring civilians and molesting and raping women; Chinese Wu Xuan presented photos of Japanese atrocities to the Nanjing Provisional Council; the original court verdict of the Nanjing Military Court to try the Japanese war criminal Gu Shoufu; the testimony of American Bedsch at the Nanjing Military Court; the testimony of Lu Li Xiuying, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre; the questionnaire of the Nanjing Municipal Provisional Council's Nanjing Massacre Enemy Crime Investigation Committee; the evidence of the Nanjing Military Court's investigation of crimes; the Nanjing Massacre case citizen's submission; the diary of a foreigner: "Occupy Nanjing - eyewitness accounts". The reporter learned that in 1982, the history textbook reviewed and approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Tourism openly changed "aggression against China" to "entering China", which strongly hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. The museum should be built to make up a history, and people's call was echoed by the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. Academician Qi Kang, an architect, worked hard to build the museum and waived the design fee. In August 1985, the memorial hall built on the site of the Jiangdongmen massacre and the "mass grave" was completed, becoming the first memorial hall to open in the series of memorials of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. So far, the memorial has collected a total of 169,714 cultural relics and historical materials, which have become important physical and documentary evidence for studying the history of the Nanjing Massacre. Curator Zhu Chengshan said: "History is a kind of memory. The purpose of remembering history is to avoid repeating the mistakes of history now and in the future, so that human beings can live and develop peacefully for a long time. "[Japanese officials have repeatedly blocked] In response to China's normal move to apply for the" Memory of the World Heritage "of documents related to the Nanjing Massacre and the" comfort women ", the Japanese official has always been opposed. As early as June 2014, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga actually announced that he would protest to China and ask China to withdraw its application. On October 2 this year, Yoshihide Suga declared at a press conference:" During the period when Japan and China are working hard to improve relations, it is extremely regrettable that China wants to use UNESCO politically. " On October 4, Kyodo News quoted Japanese officials as saying that the Japanese side questioned the authenticity of China's archives on the Nanjing Massacre and the "comfort women", and asked China to withdraw the declaration, but it was rejected. In fact, the painful memory and profound lessons of the Nanjing Massacre and the "comfort women" are not only the historical memory of the Chinese people, but also the historical memory of the world. China's move to apply for the World Heritage List is completely reasonable. On June 10, 2014, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference that China will declare some precious historical archives on the Nanjing Massacre and the Japanese army's forced recruitment of comfort women, with the aim of remembering history, cherishing peace and safeguarding human dignity. In addition, in addition to China, South Korea is also considering declaring the files on "comfort women" and Japan's forced labor on the Korean Peninsula during World War II as a World Memory Heritage Site. It is worth noting that while opposing China's normal application for the World Heritage Site, Japan has repeatedly included private goods in the application process in recent years, concealing attempts to whitewash and falsify the history of aggression. For example, Japan has made a "special attack suicide note" reflecting the records of Japanese troops during World War II as a candidate for the World Heritage Site. For example, Japan's "Meiji Industrial Revolution Site" was selected as a World Cultural Heritage Site in July this year. Some of these sites have a history of forced labor during World War II, but Japan has deliberately diluted and avoided it during the application process, which has been strongly opposed by South Korea and China.