Hubei provincial government information disclosure regulations

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to promote the openness of government affairs, increase the transparency of administrative activities, safeguard the right of citizens, legal persons and other organizations to know, and supervise the administrative organs to exercise their functions and powers according to law, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and in light of the actual situation of this province. Article 2 The term "government information" as mentioned in these Provisions refers to the relevant information produced, obtained or mastered by the people's governments at or above the county level and their functional departments and organizations exercising administrative functions and powers according to law (hereinafter referred to as government agencies) in the process of managing or providing public services. Article 3 The principle of government information is publicity, with the exception of non-publicity.

Government information except the following contents must be made public:

(1) State secrets;

(2) Business secrets and personal privacy;

(3) Before a specific administrative act is taken by a government organ, it may affect national interests, public interests and law enforcement activities after it is made public;

(four) other government information that is not disclosed by laws and regulations.

Government information disclosure should follow the principles of legality, truthfulness, convenience and timeliness. Article 4 The people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen their leadership over the work of government information disclosure and incorporate the funds for the work of government information disclosure into the financial budget. Fifth people's governments at or above the county level shall establish a joint meeting system of government information disclosure. The joint meeting is composed of the general office of the government, the administrative department of information technology, the legal office of the government, the supervision department and other relevant government agencies, and is responsible for studying, coordinating and promoting the disclosure of government information.

The general office of the people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of these Provisions.

The legal institutions and supervision departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for evaluating, supervising and inspecting the implementation of government information disclosure in accordance with their respective duties. Article 6 Government agencies shall designate specialized agencies to handle the government information disclosure affairs of their own agencies, and establish information disclosure procedures and systems. Chapter II Voluntary Disclosure of Government Information Article 7 Government agencies shall voluntarily disclose the following government information.

(a) government regulations, normative documents and other documents related to economic, social management and public services;

(two) the overall planning, economic and social development plan and its progress and completion;

(three) urban planning, land use planning and various professional planning and their implementation;

(four) the basis, conditions and procedures of administrative licensing matters and the basis and standard of administrative fees;

(5) Basic information related to population, natural resources, geography and economic development;

(six) the government budget, final accounts and actual expenditure and audit;

(seven) the establishment, functions, adjustments and changes of government agencies;

(eight) the prediction, occurrence and disposal of major emergencies such as epidemic and disaster that affect public safety;

(nine) the distribution and use of important special funds, the construction and operation of major capital construction projects and social welfare undertakings invested by the government;

(ten) government procurement catalogue, quota standards, procurement results and supervision;

(eleven) standards, conditions and implementation of poverty alleviation, special care, education, social security and employment;

(twelve) the conditions, procedures and results of the recruitment of civil servants;

(thirteen) other government information that government agencies should voluntarily disclose according to law. Article 8 A government organ shall compile a catalogue of government information that belongs to the scope of voluntary disclosure. Conditional government agencies may compile a catalogue of government information other than government information voluntarily disclosed by their own agencies.

The catalogue of government information should be adjusted and updated in time. Article 9 The government information voluntarily disclosed by government organs shall be disclosed through one or more methods such as government websites, government bulletins, press conferences, news media and fixed facilities. Tenth provincial and municipal people's governments set up government portals. The government portal website should be updated regularly. Eleventh government information voluntarily disclosed by government agencies, newspapers, television, radio, news websites and other news media should be published and reported in a timely manner. Twelfth government agencies should set up fixed government information disclosure columns, electronic screens, electronic touch screens and other facilities, and set up public consultation rooms or public consultation points to facilitate public retrieval and consultation.

Conditional government agencies can set up a government information disclosure service hotline. Thirteenth provincial and municipal people's governments to establish a spokesperson system, on behalf of the government at the same level regularly publish government information. The relevant departments of the provincial people's government and the county people's government shall, according to the actual needs, establish a spokesperson system for their own departments and regions. Areas and departments that have not yet established a spokesperson system may temporarily hold a press conference to disclose the relevant information of the event when a public emergency occurs. Fourteenth voluntary disclosure of government information should be made public in a timely manner after the information is generated. If it cannot be disclosed in time due to special reasons, the disclosure time shall not be later than 15 days after the information is generated.

If the government organ fails to perform the obligation of voluntary disclosure, citizens, legal persons or other organizations may require the government organ to disclose it in time and have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory organ. Article 15 For matters involving the vital interests of citizens, legal persons and other organizations or having great social impact, the system of pre-disclosure shall be implemented before formal decision-making, and government agencies shall announce the plans to be made to the public, and make decisions after fully listening to their opinions.