Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Information Openness.
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.
Eighteenth belongs to the scope of voluntary disclosure of government information, should be made public within 20 working days from the date of formation or change of the government information. Where there are other provisions in laws and regulations on the time limit for government information disclosure, those provisions shall prevail.