A Study On Mechanism Of Publication Of Government Information

In the modern times of economic globalization and informationization, information is increasingly becoming an important factor determining economic development. Government, as a collector, has above 80% of the information of the society. Government is a most direct way for the public to get information, which is also the basis for the public to supervise how things are done in various government departments. Making the information known to the public, which is also required by law, is a necessary way to realize democratic administration, administration by law and service administration, a requirement of protecting the rights of the public to participate, to know and to supervise, and even an important way to keep political stability and social harmony.In China, from the information security in the era of planned economy, to the information public campaign in the era of reform opening-up, and then to the making government information public after SARS highly concerned, the construction of making Chinese government information public has been passing the development process of growing out of nothing. Regulations on the Disclosure of Government Information of PRC was enacted in 2007, which marked the construction of making Chinese government information public is open to the legalization phase. However, on the whole, the practice of making information public started fairly late in China, which makes its experience quite deficient. In the process of carrying out the Regulations, there are many problems: phenomena of making closing information, alternative disclosure and false disclosure still exist in some local government and department; the initiative and efficiency of making local government information public still need improving; the function of non-governmental organizations is not obvious in construction of public information;the relevant laws and system of making information public is not to be perfect and so on.Domestic theory circle has been paying more attention on making government information public for a long time, mainly concerning the law, politics, administration, communication theories and other relevant discipline areas. Although there are a number of studies among them concerning making government information public from the perspective of politics and public management, it is common in that most of them have the deficiency in following the"problem-reason- countermeasures"pattern. While, there are few studies analyzing the general rules of making government information public from the perspective of organizational behaviors and the dynamics, which, to some extent, affects the directive significance of theoretical researches for the practice in making government public. Making government public is an issue not only in law, but also in politics and public administration, which is even related to government behavioral motivation, strategy, means and other organization acts of complex concepts. In terms of the present promoting process of making government information public, most of the existing problems are relevant to the force of making government information public, such as information closing, alternative disclosure, false disclosure, passive disclosure and so on, all of which are originally due to some local governments and departments'potential behavioral motivations of unwillingness of being positive, public and fair to announce information. Based on these problems, this thesis focuses on exploring the general rules of the dynamic system operation mechanism in making government public. From the ideal aspect, this paper analyzes constitutional elements of the dynamic system in making government public, setting up the functional location of each constitutional element and the interactive dynamic system operation mechanism. Compared with the ideal aspect, from the actual aspect, the author analyzes the existing dynamic system problems of making government information public in China, trying to find out the fundamental reasons for the inefficiency of making government information public. Based on this, the author tries to provide a theoretical reference for improving the institutionalization, systematization and normalization of Chinese information publicity.Overall, this paper focuses on the following core issues: firstly, from the ideal aspect, what are the constitutional elements of dynamic system in making government public How each of these elements plays their role How the elements are interacting with one another Secondly, from the actual aspect, what are the issues existing in the dynamic system for information publicity Thirdly, from the perspective of organization behavior, dynamics, systematization, the ideal dynamic system operation mechanism for government publicity and the actual operation situation, how is to make the dynamic system operation mechanism for government information publicity perfect, to improve the institutionalization, systematization and normalization of government information publicity.Based on the above, this paper mainly focuses on the following core issues: to begin with, on the basis of the fundamental issues review in making government public, the author puts forward the studies of the dynamic mechanism for government information publicity as well as states its significance; gives an account for the content and the main point;systematically combs out the relevant theories concerning making government information public and states the possibly relevant theoretical basis of dynamic system operation mechanism for government information publicity; represents its research methods and potential innovation. Secondly, from the ideal aspect, the author analyzes the constitutional elements of dynamic system in making government public and the functional mechanism of each of them. Generally speaking, the dynamic system operation mechanism for government information publicity includes: systematic, authoritative, organizational, marketing and public opinion elements. Thirdly, from the actual aspect, it states the operation mechanism of dynamic system respectively from the interior and exterior, different behavior actors, soft and hard drive, and four dimensions of the pulling and pushing force, constraints and the power. From the force source, government information publicity is the result of the interaction of interior and exterior forces. If the interior force is sufficient, the function of exterior force can be promoted; if the exterior force is sufficient, the interior force can be exerted well. From the force actor, government information publicity is the result of seeking balance among the government, citizens, non-governmental organizations, media and international opinions. Among them, the government, citizens and media is the core actor in information publicity dynamic system. From the nature of force, making government information public is the result of the interaction of soft and hard drive. The soft drive, which is formed gradually and slowly, can play its role for a long term to solve the existing problems of government information. While, the hard drive, formed fast, can function evidently and effectively in a short term, but it can last only in a short-term, thus, cannot fundamentally solve the problem. From the force direction, the government information publicity is the result of interaction of the pulling and pushing force, constraints and the power. Fourthly, compared with the ideal aspect, from the actual aspect, it is analyzed that the existing dynamic system problems of making government information public in China: to begin with, the fundamental driving force of government information publicity is deficient and the conductor and passive force are missing; moreover, the exterior pressure of government information publicity is not sufficient and its interior force is lost; furthermore, the hard drive of government information publicity is inadequate and its soft drive is missing; lastly, the equality among drive actors of government information publicity has not yet formed. Fifthly, the pulling force of government information publicity is absent, pushing force and constraints are not enough and its power has not yet formed. The practical exploration of government information publicity in US, UK, Canada and other countries are combed out. Besides, the experience of developed countries'government information publicity are summarized as well as the implication of developing countries'government information publicity practice on the dynamic mechanism of Chinese government information publicity is also presented here. Lastly, based on the discussion above, suggestions on countermeasures of the construction and improvement of dynamic system operation mechanism for government information publicity are put forward, including the improvement of the interaction between interior and exterior pressure; the formation of multi-actor participation in government information publicity construction; the perfection of the interactive mechanism of hard and soft force; and the integrity of the interactive mechanism of pulling and pushing force, constraints and the power.