Assessing Government Transparency in China 2019

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Openness of Government Affairs in China: Development in 2018 and Prospect for 2019

   • Innovation Project Team on Rule of Law Indices, Institute of Law, CASS

   Pages 1-92

3. Advancing the Openness of Grassroots Government Affairs: Practice and Explorations in Shandong Province

   • Office of Openness of Government Affairs of the General Office of the People’s Government of Shandong Province

   Pages 93-105

4. Pilot Work on Standardizing and Regularizing Openness of Grassroots Government Affairs in Sichuan Province: Practice and Reflections

   • Information Disclosure Office of the People’s Government of Sichuan Province

   Pages 107-118

5. Comprehensively Advancing Openness of Government Affairs: Explorations and Practice in Guizhou Province

   • Project Team on the Openness of Government Affairs in Guizhou Province

   Pages 119-131

6. Investigation Report on Administrative Litigation Government Information Disclosure Cases in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

   • The Intermediate People’s Court of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

   Pages 133-148

7. The Shenzhen Practice of Openness of Government Affairs

   • Office of Information Disclosure of the People’s Government of Shenzhen Municipality, Guangdong Province

   Pages 149-165

8. Strengthening the Policy Interpretation Mechanism Under New Situation: Taking the Optimization of Business Environment as an Example

   • The Development and Reform Commission of Shanghai Municipality

   Pages 167-185

9. Striving to Create a “Transparent Yuexiu District” and Provide First-Class Government Services

   • The Government Affairs Management Office of the People’s Government of Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Municipality, Guangdong Province

   Pages 187-200

10. Exploration and Practice of the Government of Jiangbei District of Ningbo City in the Openness of Government and School Affairs Relating to Compulsory Education

    • Education Bureau of Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

    Pages 201-219

This book reviews and analyzes the innovative measures introduced, lessons learned and problems encountered by selected and representative provinces, cities and counties with regard to the openness of local government affairs. To do so, it focuses on fields that are closely related to economic and social development and to the vital interests of the people, and which have thus aroused great social concerns, such as the pre-disclosure of major decision-making, policy interpretation, optimization of the business environment, and education. In turn, the book addresses standardization concerning the openness of government affairs; in this regard, numerous departments under the State Council and local governments at various levels have already engaged in pilot work, so as to provide a basis for pursuing the openness of government affairs throughout the country. The book subsequently analyzes current problems in this regard, considers the future prospects, and puts forward suitable solutions.

• Government Transparecy
• The right to know
• Regulations on Government Information Disclosure of China
• Local practice of openness
• Openness of government affairs
• Public participation in government governance
• Government standardization
• Policy interpretation

• Beijing, China

  He Tian

• The Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

  Yanbin Lv

He Tian, Director of National Center for Rule of Law Index, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Research Fellow of Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Major Research Areas: Criminal Law, Judicial System, Positive Law.

Yanbin Lv, Director of Department of Survey and Studies of National Rule of Law Condition, Deputy Director and Research Fellow of National Center for Rule of Law Index, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Major Research Areas: Administrative Law, Information Law, Positive Law.

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