Notice of the Office of Government Information and Openness of Government Affairs of the General Office of the State Council on Relevant Matters Concerning Standardizing the Platform of Government Inf

The State Council general office government information Yu government affairs public office

On standardizing the government information disclosure platform

Notice of relevant matters

State Office Opening Letter [2019] No.61

General offices of the people’s governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and general offices (rooms) of ministries and commissions and institutions directly under the State Council:

Article 24 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People’s Republic of China (PRC) stipulates: "People’s governments at all levels should strengthen the work of opening government information by relying on government portals, and make use of a unified platform for opening government information to release government information voluntarily. The government information disclosure platform should have the functions of information retrieval, consulting and downloading. " In order to better implement this provision, standardize the setting of government information disclosure platform, enhance the effectiveness of active disclosure and strengthen government information management, the following opinions are put forward:

First, find the right location

The government information disclosure platform is an open platform for releasing the statutory voluntary disclosure content and a management platform for strengthening the management of key government information. The contents of voluntary disclosure established in the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People’s Republic of China (PRC), especially the common basic contents of administrative organs stipulated in Article 20, are the key government information that the public pays close attention to. It is necessary to firmly grasp the basic orientation of "special column surname", focus on the statutory voluntary disclosure content, and show the unique value of the government information disclosure platform with the release and management of specialized content, so as to make it an authoritative channel for the public to obtain key government information conveniently and comprehensively. The government information disclosure platform of various administrative organs is the basis for people’s governments at all levels to unify the government information disclosure platform, and it is necessary to unify the name and format and strengthen the standardization.

Second, unified norms

Government information disclosure platform, in principle, based on the existing columns of "government information disclosure" and "government affairs disclosure" on the websites of administrative organs, does not set up special columns, and may not set up special websites. If the column "Government Information Disclosure" is not set, or if there is a similar column but other names are used, it shall be uniformly set and named "Government Information Disclosure" and displayed on the homepage of the website. There is no separate website of the administrative organs, the government information disclosure platform settings, by the corresponding government information disclosure work departments to co-ordinate arrangements.

The content of the government information disclosure platform mainly consists of four parts. The first is the guide to government information disclosure. Second, the government information disclosure system, including the Regulations of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Government Information Disclosure, local regulations, autonomous regulations, separate regulations and rules on government information disclosure, and explanatory documents issued by the national government information disclosure department, does not include other institutional documents in principle. The third is the statutory voluntary disclosure of content, mainly based on the common basic content stipulated in Article 20 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People’s Republic of China (PRC). The fourth is the annual report on government information disclosure, in which the administrative organs disclose their annual reports on government information disclosure, the competent departments of government information disclosure disclose the annual reports on government information disclosure summarized by the government at the corresponding level or the system, and the annual reports on government information disclosure of their respective administrative organs. According to their actual situation, the administrative organs can add other contents stipulated in the Regulations of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Openness of Government Information, but it should not be too generalized.

According to the above requirements, the China Government Network Operation Center has designed a "reference scheme for page design of government information disclosure columns" for reference.

Third, optimize the function

The content published by the government information disclosure platform covers the basis and results of administrative organs in managing society and serving the public, and should be authoritative, accurate, comprehensive and easy to obtain and use. To optimize the page setting of columns, we should use lists, hyperlinks and other ways to present relevant content, so as to avoid being disorganized due to the large amount of information. It is necessary to optimize the column retrieval function to facilitate the public to obtain the needed government information quickly and accurately. It is necessary to optimize the download function of columns, enrich the downloadable formats, and prevent tampering and forgery through modern technical means. It is necessary to optimize the interconnection function of column data, reserve necessary data exchange interfaces, facilitate the docking between government information disclosure platforms at all levels, and lay a good foundation for the next step of building a unified national government information disclosure platform.

Fourth, pay attention to convergence

Some of the statutory voluntary disclosure contents released by the government information disclosure platform may overlap with other columns of the website of the administrative organ, such as the basis for performing duties and the introduction of the organ; Some of them may overlap with other special websites, such as administrative punishment information disclosed by various administrative organs and administrative punishment information in "National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System", government debt information disclosed by local governments at all levels and government debt information in "China Local Government Bond Information Publicity Platform". Attention should be paid to strengthening cohesion, insisting on data homology, data in other columns of the website of the administrative organ, and data provided by the administrative organ to other special websites according to law, which involve overlapping and duplication. In principle, the data on the government information disclosure platform should be used as a benchmark to maintain data consistency to the maximum extent.

V. Strengthening management

The statutory voluntary disclosure content released by the government information disclosure platform involves all aspects of the work of administrative organs and reflects the work dynamics of administrative organs. It is necessary to strengthen the management of the government information disclosure platform, and timely release and update the statutory voluntary disclosure content in real time according to the statutory time limit. To clarify the responsibilities, the leaders in charge of government information disclosure of administrative organs are the first responsible persons, and the government information disclosure agencies of administrative organs are the legal responsible subjects, responsible for promoting and coordinating the construction and management of government information disclosure platforms. The competent departments of government information disclosure should take the construction and management of government information disclosure platform as an important part of promotion, guidance, coordination and supervision.

The State Council general office government information Yu government affairs public office

November 29, 2019

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