Historical archives have important practical significance in safeguarding the state’s overall security, promoting economic development, meeting the needs of public culture, and serving the academic research. With the change of the times, the archives work situation is also changing. In the new period, exploiting and utilizing the historical archives not only should pay attention to the traditional way, but also should actively develop new ways. Furthermore, archives workers should set up the consciousness of active service, continuous innovation and cooperation, and pay more attention to the protection of the original historical archives, and finally do the exploitation and utilization work of “new period” historical archives well.