The Discussion On Disclosure Of Government Information

On April 24, 2007, Premier WenJiBao signed the State Council 492nd verbal command, announced the rule on disclosing government information in the People's Republic of China, the rule will execute on May 1, 2008. It is an important regulation that can promote the government transparent operation and safeguard the people's rights to know. This article has a concrete discussion on the questions about disclosing government information according to this rule. The whole article have four parts:The first part introduces the summarization of disclosure of government information. This part defines the conceptions of government, government information and disclosure of government information, analyzing the present situation and proving the necessity of disclosure of government information.The second part discusses the questions about setting the organization of disclosure of government information. This part determines the status and responsibility of the organization of disclosure of government information, gives some safeguard conditions in order that the organization can fulfill the responsibility effectively.The third part discusses the questions about the scope of disclosure of government information, researching the subject from three directions: the demands of honest government, the demands of scientific research, the demands of security.The fourth part discusses the ways and procedure to disclose government information, including the three compulsory ways to disclose government information without request and the supplement ways to disclose government information upon request, and how to protect the benefits of the third party.The fifth part discusses the questions about supervising and safeguarding the disclosure of government information, analyzing the appraisal systems and remediable systems of disclosure of government information.