A Study On Government Information Disclosure From The Perspective Of Service-Oriented Government

Government information disclosure has become a global topic and common trend since the emergence of participatory democracy in the middle of the20th century. Government information disclosure is not only an effective way of promoting optimal allocation and full utilization of government information resources, but necessary requirement for developing political democracy, constructing political civilization and building service-oriented government. How to understand the inherent necessity of government information disclosure, explore the intrinsic evolution mechanism and guarantee measures, and construct a system of effective information disclosure operation is an issue worth studying against the background of current governance mode transformation. This paper tries to discuss how to display the role of government information disclosure and promote the construction of service-oriented government from the perspective of governance mode transformation.Based on the government information disclosure theory and value analysis theory, by resorting to theoretical analysis and empirical researches, the paper elaborates on the following viewpoint:A. government information disclosure is necessary requirement, prerequisite and important impetus for building service-oriented government. Its position and role in the construction of service-oriented government is mainly reflected in protecting the citizens'right to know, to participate, to express and to supervise as well as improving the government operation mechanism. B, regarding the value orientation of government information disclosure, in service-oriented government, the service concept will definitely be introduced into the value system of government information disclosure. The government information disclosure therefore pays more attention to moral values besides legal restrictions, and all information disclosure actions are based on endowing people with the right to know and satisfying people's demand for information, which complies with the values of service-oriented government. C. In terms of the relationship of government information disclosure and service-oriented government, they are inherently integrated and interacted in many areas in the context of governance mode transformation, and government information disclosure becomes the major link and important route to press ahead the construction of service-oriented government.From the above-mentioned point of view, this paper takes the perspective of governance mode transformation, and based on the ordinary theoretical analysis of government information disclosure, elaborates on the relationship between government information disclosure and service-oriented government and the system construction of government information disclosure. On one hand, the paper analyzes the governance concept of service-oriented government and the value of government information disclosure, discusses their inherent interactive relationship, and analyzes the role of government information disclosure in service-oriented government construction. On the other hand, through empirical researches of government information disclosure in Shandong, the paper talks about existing problems, learns from the experience of western countries, and explores the line of thinking and countermeasures of information disclosure in China, to provide practical basis for the construction of service-oriented government. This study does not offer a panorama of the theory of service-oriented government and government information disclosure, but starts from their relationship to the way of constructing service-oriented government through information disclosure. With this in mind, this article is composed of five chapters.Chapter one is introductory remarks. It proposes the research topic-government information disclosure from the perspective of service-oriented government, and explains the background and significance of the study, existing researches of the academic community, the creative points of view, reasoning and structure of this article. The paper tries to demonstrate, on the basis of existing research results, the fundamental significance of government information disclosure in the construction of service-oriented government, and make positive exploration into the relationship between them.Chapter two focuses on the relationship between service-oriented government and government information disclosure. The nature and role of government information disclosure is an important matter in the theoretical research. This chapter first defines the related concepts of service-oriented government and government information disclosure, discusses about the governance philosophy of service-oriented government and believes that the governance philosophy decides the functioning of service-oriented government. Then after discussing about the theoretical basis and value analysis of government information disclosure, this chapter puts forward the idea that government information disclosure is an important component of democratic system of modern times, its importance must be recognized at the height of socialist political development. The inherent integration of government information disclosure and service-oriented government in terms of forging political legitimacy, governance mode and protecting citizens'right is also discussed.Chapter three mainly talks about the problems facing government information disclosure in China. The province of Shandong is chosen as the object of empirical researches, for it is very typical as a strong economy in coastal area, located in the cultural interaction between the South and North China, has a high demand for social public services and information disclosure. This chapter studies its government information disclosure system, disclosure demand and relief, analyzes the current status and problems in government information disclosure, and provides grounds for the improvement of the system.Chapter four discusses about the experience of western countries in government information disclosure and the inspiration from that. It analyzes the reason for western countries to disclose information, including political and economic reasons and technology progress factor. The main practices and experience of western countries are then sorted out:there must be full-fledged legal system, clear disclosure content and scope, standard manner and procedure of disclosure, and well-established supervision and relief mechanism. A conclusion is made about the preconditions which include ideological foundation combined with national conditions, gradual process, positive promotion of social organizations and social security system in good shape.Chapter five is a key part of the paper, which combines the western countries'successful experience with the practical conditions of China and proposes the route choices and basic strategies for government information disclosure in the service-oriented government. The core strategy is to strengthen and improve the legal system and supporting systems and measures, protect citizens'right to know, offer a political environment for citizens to participate actively, build a democratic, live and efficient socialist government system, realize the reform of governance mode and a situation where citizens participate in democratic governance.The conclusion is a brief summary of the chapters before and expresses the major viewpoint of this paper. The improvement of information disclosure and promotion of service-oriented government construction is a complicated system project which involves many areas and deserves further exploration and thinking of the academic, political and other related communities.