Based on the dual needs of China’s participation in global governance and the prosperity of national archives work, China should actively participate in global archives governance activities. China’s participation in global archives governance system,which recognizes the International Council on Archives as its core part,has gone through several stages of development. Nowadays, China is ushering in new opportunities in global archives governance. However, there are some problems in China’s global archives governance , including more shallow participatory activities and less deep decision-making behaviors, more foreign theory introduction and less domestic theory output, single object of communication and less absorption of multiple archival cultures, and lack of compound talents who specialize in professional, foreign languages and international rules. Therefore, the paper proposes that the archives administration departments of China should formulate policies about participating in global archives governance, the archival research institutions should actively participate in the formulation of international archive standards, and the archival practice departments should positively develop and participate in international archives cooperation projects. Additionally, the archivists should strive to enhance their abilities to participate in global governance.