Exploration and practice in promoting Shanghai municipal open government information

I am very happy to be exploring today, together with all the domestic and international experts and practitioners in open government information present, this global question about which we all share concern. Implementing open government information and establishing transparent government are important routes to enhancing the transparency of government work, advancing the construction of political civilization, and building a service-based government, a responsible government, and a law-abiding government. All this has vital significance for fully safeguarding the rights of citizens. In what follows, I seek mainly to introduce the situation in Shanghai and some considerations relating to open government information, and to share our explorations and practices. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.