[本刊讯]根据自治区机构改革的总体部署，今年上半年自治区地方志编纂委员会完成了机构改革任务，新机构正式开始运作。今年3月，自治区人民政府办公厅下发《关于印发新疆维吾尔自治区地方志编纂委员会机构编制方案的通知》（新政办[1997]18号），文件指出，经自治区机构改革领 [According to the overall plan of the autonomous region’s institutional reform, in the first half of this year, the autonomous region’s local history compilation committee completed the task of institutional reform, and the new institution officially started its operation. In March this year, the General Office of the People’s Government of the Autonomous Region issued the Circular on Issuing the Organization Formulation of the Local History Compilation Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xin Zheng Ban [1997] No. 18). According to the document,