Long-term archived soil samples, as an important part of the foundational support of national science and technology in China, is of great value to the study of long-term changes in soil and environment and the sharing of samples and data. In recent years, with the continuous increase of investment in agriculture and eco-environmental science and technology in China, soil surveys are more needed and the accumulation of soil samples is accelerating significantly. Thus, there is an urgent need for establishing the relevant standards and specifications for the long-term storage of soil samples. Based on the national standard "Soil quality Guidance on long and short term storage of soil samples (GB/T 32722-2016)", and combined with the experience constructing a distributed long-term soil archiving system in CERN during the 13th Five-Year Plan in China, a soil sample storage management strategy, the standards for soil sample archiving conditions and the information management system were introduced in detail in the paper. The system will help provide references for the long-term standardized storage of soil samples and the construction of soil samples archiving system for the Third Nationwide Soil Condition Census.