What are the ways of government information disclosure in China?

Legal analysis: There are two ways to disclose government information in China: voluntary disclosure and legal application for disclosure. According to China's laws, administrative organs should disclose government information that involves the adjustment of public interests, needs to be widely known by the public or needs public participation in decision-making. In addition to government information voluntarily disclosed by administrative organs, citizens, legal persons or other organizations may apply to local people's governments at all levels and people's government departments at or above the county level that perform administrative functions in their own names to obtain relevant government information.

Legal basis: Article 19 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that administrative organs should voluntarily disclose government information that involves the adjustment of public interests, needs to be widely known by the public or needs public participation in decision-making.

Twentieth administrative organs shall, in accordance with the provisions of Article nineteenth of these regulations, voluntarily disclose the following government information of their own administrative organs:

(1) Administrative regulations, rules and normative documents;

(two) functions, organization, office address, office hours, contact information and the name of the person in charge;

(three) national economic and social development planning, special planning, regional planning and related policies;

(4) Statistical information on national economic and social development;

(five) the basis, conditions, procedures and results of handling administrative licenses and other external management services;

(six) the basis, conditions and procedures for the implementation of administrative punishment and administrative coercion, as well as the administrative punishment decision that this administrative organ considers to have certain social impact;

(seven) financial budget and final accounts information;

(eight) administrative fees and their basis and standards;

(nine) the catalogue, standards and implementation of centralized government procurement projects;

(ten) the approval and implementation of major construction projects;

(eleven) policies, measures and their implementation in poverty alleviation, education, medical care, social security and employment promotion;

(twelve) emergency plan, early warning information and response measures for public emergencies;

(thirteen) environmental protection, public health, production safety, food and drug, product quality supervision and inspection;

(fourteen) the position, quota, conditions and employment results of civil servants;

(fifteen) other government information that should be voluntarily disclosed by laws, regulations, rules and relevant provisions of the state.

Article 27 In addition to government information voluntarily disclosed by administrative organs, citizens, legal persons or other organizations may, in their own names, apply to local people's governments at all levels and departments of people's governments at or above the county level that perform administrative functions (including dispatched offices and internal organs as stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 10 of these Regulations) for obtaining relevant government information.