Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Information Openness.
Article 33 If an administrative organ receives an application for government information disclosure and can reply on the spot, it shall reply on the spot.
If the administrative organ cannot reply on the spot, it shall give a reply within 20 working days from the date of receiving the application; If it is necessary to extend the reply period, it shall be agreed by the person in charge of the government information disclosure work agency and inform the applicant that the extension period shall not exceed 20 working days.
The time required for an administrative organ to solicit opinions from third parties and other organs shall not be counted within the time limit specified in the preceding paragraph.
Article 34 Where the government information applied for disclosure is jointly produced by two or more administrative organs, the administrative organ that takes the lead in producing it may solicit opinions from the relevant administrative organs after receiving the application for disclosure of government information, and the organ that has solicited opinions shall put forward opinions within 15 working days from the date of receiving the solicitation opinions. If no comments are made within the time limit, it shall be deemed as consent to the disclosure.
Article 35 If the number and frequency of the applicant's application for disclosure of government information are obviously beyond a reasonable range, the administrative organ may require the applicant to explain the reasons. If the administrative organ considers the application reason unreasonable, it shall inform the applicant not to handle it; If the administrative organ considers that the application reason is reasonable, but it is unable to reply to the applicant within the time limit stipulated in Article 33 of these regulations, it may determine a reasonable time limit for extending the reply and inform the applicant.
Thirty-sixth of the government information disclosure application, the administrative organ shall make a reply according to the following circumstances:
(1) If the information applied for has been voluntarily disclosed, inform the applicant of the ways and means to obtain the government information;
(two) the information applied for is public, providing the applicant with the government information, or telling the applicant the way, way and time to obtain the government information;
(three) if the administrative organ decides not to make it public according to the provisions of these regulations, it shall inform the applicant that it will not make it public and explain the reasons;
(4) If there is no information applied for disclosure after retrieval, inform the applicant that the government information does not exist;
(five) if the administrative organ refuses to disclose the application information, it shall inform the applicant and explain the reasons; If the administrative organ responsible for disclosing the government information can be determined, inform the applicant of the name and contact information of the administrative organ;
(six) the administrative organ has made a reply to the applicant's application for the disclosure of government information, and if the applicant applies for the disclosure of the same government information again, it shall inform the applicant not to repeat the processing;
(seven) the information applied for disclosure belongs to the industrial and commercial, real estate registration information and other information, and the relevant laws and administrative regulations have special provisions on the acquisition of information, and inform the applicant to handle it in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations.