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Article 37 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People's Republic of China (PRC) contains information that should not be disclosed or does not belong to government information, but can be treated differently. The administrative organ shall provide the applicant with the contents of government information that can be disclosed, and explain the reasons for the contents that should not be disclosed.
Article 38 The information provided by the administrative organ to the applicant shall be the government information that has been produced or obtained. Except in accordance with the provisions of Article 37 of these regulations, if the administrative organ needs to process and analyze the existing government information, it may not provide it.
Article 39 Where an applicant conducts letters, visits, complaints, reports and other activities in the form of an application for government information disclosure, the administrative organ shall inform the applicant not to treat it as an application for government information disclosure, and may inform the applicant to submit it through corresponding channels.
Where the contents of the application put forward by the applicant require the administrative organ to provide government bulletins, newspapers, books and other public publications, the administrative organ may inform the way of obtaining them.
Article 40 When an administrative organ discloses government information according to an application, it shall determine the specific form of providing government information according to the requirements of the applicant and the actual situation of the administrative organ in keeping government information; If providing government information in the form required by the applicant may endanger the safety of government information carriers or the cost of publicity is too high, it can be provided in appropriate forms such as electronic data, or the applicant can be arranged to consult and copy relevant government information.