Sixteenth people's governments at all levels should set up government information consulting places in the national archives and public libraries, and provide corresponding facilities and equipment to facilitate citizens, legal persons or other organizations to obtain government information.
The administrative organ may set up public consultation rooms, information consultation points, information bulletin boards, electronic information screens and other places and facilities to disclose government information according to needs.
The administrative organ shall provide the government information voluntarily disclosed to the National Archives and public libraries in a timely manner.
Twenty-seventh administrative organs to provide government information according to the application, in addition to retrieval, copying, mailing and other fees, shall not charge other fees. Administrative organs shall not provide government information in the form of paid services through other organizations and individuals.
The standards for the administrative organs to collect the retrieval, copying and mailing fees shall be formulated by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the financial department of the State Council.
Twenty-eighth citizens who apply for the disclosure of government information do have financial difficulties, and the relevant fees can be reduced or exempted upon their own application and approval by the person in charge of the government information disclosure work agency.
Citizens who apply for the disclosure of government information have difficulty in reading or seeing and hearing, and the administrative organ shall provide them with necessary help.
Therefore, the government information disclosure is not completely free of charge for retrieval, copying and mailing.