This report investigates and evaluates the implementation of the Regulations on the Disclosure of Government Information by 59 departments under the State Council, 26 provincial level governments, and 43 governments of larger cities. By focusing on the implementation of different systems, such as the catalogue of government information subject to disclosure, guideline on the disclosure of government information, disclosure upon application, and annual report on the disclosure of government information, and on the disclosure of various kinds of government information, such as information about normative documents issued by various departments under the State Council, information about environmental protection held by provincial-level governments, and information about regulation of food safety and administrative approval held by larger cities, the article analyzes the progresses made and problems existing in the current implementation of the system of disclosure of government and puts forward suggestion on the future improvement of the system.
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