Focusing on the debate in the field of archival science and administration in recent years in China on the selection of corresponding Chinese terms for key concepts in English literature such as record(s) and archives, the present research sampled as data sources the laws and regulations concerning the concepts in question issued by the Chinese Government and the Federal Government of the United States of America, respectively. The data analysis employed the methodology of content analysis featuring word by word, sentence by sentence techniques, which led to the generation of two types of research outcomes: first, the explicitly displayed corresponding or none-existent relationships among the analyzed concepts, and second, the observation of the lack of a comprehensive, both logic and systematic conceptual framework in the laws and regulations of the two countries.