Comparative Study Of Chinese And Western Open Government Data

The popularization of computer,electronic equipment,and the depth of information technology make data storage increase also rapidly,and because of its unique identity,the government controls most of the data.The era of big data's coming deepens people's concept of using data,and the appeal of opening government data is rising.Since 2009,the United States first to take the initiative to open data action,Britain,New Zealand,Canada,European Union and other western countries and regions,as well as Japan,Singapore,India and other Asian countries also carry out the open data movement.Open data movement shows the data' huge impetus to social and economic development.Open data is the basis of the development and utilization of data,and the government is the largest holder of data resources.Chinese government's open data is still in the state of research and analysis about the concept and significance,its practicality and popularity is not very well.The local governments have differences in the form and the degree of open data,so Chinese government' open data has obvious regional characteristic.According to the World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Barometer in recent years,the United States,Britain,New Zealand has been located in the front row of open index,and China can learn from the three countries' experience for the further development of open data.This paper mainly from laws and policies,open data portals,social participation to compare and analyze,and except the introduction,the full text is divided into five parts:The first part,the paper mainly introduces the open government data research status,connotation,significance and the overall situation and problems of our country's open data.Due to the different stages of development both at home and abroad,the focus of the studies on open government data is also different.Open data is the demands of the government,which adapts to the development of global information and the advent of the era of big data.The significance of open data not only lies in the traditional administrative openness,but more importantly is that it has great economic and social value.Chinese open government data process currently is slow,and it's still in the early stage of development.In the second part,the paper analyzes the United States,Britain,New Zealand and China's laws and policies in the process of open data.The United States has always attached importance to citizen's right to know;although influenced by traditional system,the open government movement is relatively late in British,but it developed fast and had outstanding achievements in recent years' open data process;New Zealand' policies about government information disclosure started in 1960s and 1970s,and has been keeping constantly improve.In contrast,the Chinese open government policies started late,and its development is slow.In the third part,the paper analyzes the open data portals' construction in the United States,Britain,New Zealand and China.The United States is the first country to set up open data website,which provides experience for other countries.Britain and New Zealand' open data portals also become mature.In China,the construction of open data portals started from the local governments,and it has not formed the unified open data platform,meanwhile the regional development about open data is unbalanced.In the fourth part,the paper analyzes the similarities and differences between the United States,Britain,New Zealand and China from the aspect of social participation.Overall,the four countries enterprises,social organizations,colleges' participation are more positive,but in China the public popularity is not quite well,spontaneous participation in open government data activities is relatively rare.In the fifth part,combined with the above comparison and China's specific situation,the paper analyzes problems and the relevant enlightenment of the China's open government data.China's open government has not form a unified national development strategy,and it lacks of necessary legal protection,the public participation is also low,but the author also thinks that the slow movement of open data promoted by the Chinese government is determined by its national conditions.Compared with the three developed countries,the United States,Britain and New Zealand,China does not have a solid economic foundation,meantime China also has serious region differences,ethnic differences,etc.(especially compared with New Zealand whose geographical area is less than 27 square kilometers).Therefore,our country can learn from western developed countries on open data form,technology and so on,but don't have to be constrained by pursuing their development speed.China needs reinforce the openness of government gradually.In the process of comparative study,the article collects a variety of Chinese and foreign related information as much as possible,and also values practical experience,especially in the contrast of open government data platform,which is a conclusion from the author's repeatedly experiences at different times.Overall,China's attention on open government data is improving currently,while the practical development is not outstanding,and it is relevant to the lack of a unified strategy on the national level,the legal protection to open data,and the nationwide open data platform is also not accomplished.Especially the strength of training public consciousness about data is far from enough compared with western countries,which also makes our country's development of open data short of the most powerful driving force.