First, the principle of government responsibility. That is to say, in China's government information disclosure law, relevant systems should be designed from the perspective of government responsibility, and information disclosure should be clearly defined as the responsibility of administrative organs to strengthen the government's sense of responsibility. If information disclosure is stipulated from the perspective of civil rights, it will not be easy to be implemented as a positive act of the government, and it will become an excuse for some staff to evade the responsibility of information disclosure. It is necessary to clarify the rights and obligations of the government and citizens in the disclosure and use of government information. That is, administrative organs have the right to collect, obtain, disseminate, publish and keep confidential relevant information, citizens have the right to ask administrative organs with relevant information to disclose such information, and government organs have the obligation to disclose such information in accordance with the provisions of the law or at the request of citizens.
Second, the principle of universal openness. The so-called general disclosure principle refers to the disclosure of all government information except those matters that are not disclosed by laws and administrative regulations. Information that should not be disclosed mainly involves national security, efficiency of administrative activities, personal privacy and business secrets. The legislation of government information disclosure in all countries of the world is based on the principle of publicity, except for non-publicity. How to scientifically define the scope of undisclosed information is a key problem to be solved in the legislation of government information disclosure. It is necessary for China's government information disclosure legislation to learn from foreign experience and further study the standards of undisclosed matters, which not only ensures that administrative organs can decide whether to disclose relevant information according to the requirements of public interests, but also effectively prevents the abuse of administrative discretion.
Third, the principle of information exchange between government departments. Influenced by the extensive information management mode of various departments under the traditional planned economy system, there is a serious departmental tendency in information collection, analysis and management of various departments, and government information is fragmented and unsystematic. On the one hand, it increases the burden of citizens to provide information, on the other hand, it also affects administrative efficiency, resulting in a huge waste of resources, affecting the efficiency and quality of administrative decision-making, which is not conducive to the realization of administration according to law. Government information legislation should strengthen information exchange and sharing among departments, save the operating cost of information disclosure system and reduce unnecessary duplication of work.
Fourth, the principle of timely disclosure. In order to urge the administrative organs to publish information in a timely and effective manner, the information disclosure laws of various countries clearly stipulate the time limit for information publication. China's government information disclosure legislation should also stipulate the time limit for government information disclosure. In addition, in order to ensure the timely disclosure of information, in addition to the prescribed time limit, a government information registration system should be established, the existing information should be scientifically sorted and classified, and a government information catalogue should be compiled. Once citizens apply for public information, government workers can retrieve information in time and provide it to the applicants for the convenience of ordinary people.
Five, to ensure that citizens can easily know the relevant government information principle. Government information disclosure must adhere to the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly and take safeguarding the best interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and the end result. The direct purpose of government information disclosure is to facilitate citizens' production and life and reduce the negative impact of information closure on citizens' production and life. Therefore, the principle of convenience should be fully considered in legislation to ensure that citizens can obtain relevant information in time and accurately to meet the needs of production and life. We should give full play to the advantages of the network and make full use of the information disclosure function of government websites.
Legal basis:
Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Information Disclosure
Article 5 When disclosing government information, administrative organs shall adhere to the principles of fairness, justice, legality and convenience, with disclosure as the norm and non-disclosure as the exception.
Article 6 Administrative organs shall disclose government information in a timely and accurate manner.
If an administrative organ finds false or incomplete information that affects or may affect social stability and disrupt the order of social and economic management, it shall issue accurate government information for clarification.
Article 8 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen the standardization and informatization management of government information resources, strengthen the construction of online government information disclosure platform, promote the integration of government information disclosure platform and government service platform, and improve the online processing level of government information disclosure.