What are the difficulties or problems in government information disclosure?

First, the breadth and depth of information disclosure are far from meeting the expectations of the masses and the requirements of the modern government. More than 80% of China's information is in the hands of government agencies, and most of it is closed and idle. One of the reasons is that the scope of confidentiality is too wide, and even the confidentiality measures are abused. Once a lot of government information is labeled as confidential (even if there is no need to keep it confidential), it will also become a reason for government departments not to disclose it, resulting in a lot of information being permanently dusty and unable to play its due value. The second reason is the dislocation of information ownership. Many executives believe that government information is the result of government administration and belongs to the government. Since it belongs to the government, the government has the right to decide the scope of information disclosure. The third reason is the lack of people's awareness of democracy and rights in our country, which makes the government's monopoly on information not resisted by rights and democracy, because the public is less aware that they are the "ultimate owners" of information, and the government's monopoly on information and arbitrarily expanding the boundaries of information disclosure are violations of citizens' right to know.

Second, the information disclosure channels are too narrow. There are two ways for the government to disclose information to the society. First, the government voluntarily discloses information according to its duties, including policies, regulations, rules and procedures. Public carriers include government announcements, briefings, news, etc. Due to the strict limitation of their scope, these carriers often have many "blind spots", and sometimes they cannot become a convenient channel for some groups to obtain government information. The second is to disclose it according to the application. Article 13 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information gives citizens the right to apply for the disclosure of relevant information. However, under the premise that some processes are not straightened out, it is difficult to realize human rights because of strict procedures, complicated processes and high cost.

Third, because of the lack of legal constraints, public information also presents a lot of chaos. In a society ruled by law, the law will make strict provisions on the contents of government information disclosure and non-disclosure, the procedures of disclosure and the legal consequences of violation, so as to ensure the orderly and standardized disclosure of information. Before the promulgation of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information, a lot of government information was either "flexibly filtered" by the government or stereotyped, and its consumption value as a public resource could not be realized.