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  • China: Bye-Bye, Busybody

    When Guang-Zhou resident Ma Yiyong, 57, went to renew his unemployment certificate last month, something extraordinary happened: he did so efficiently and discreetly, with a few keystrokes. "It used to be troublesome in the past," says Ma. "I would have to stand in line several times, and sometimes officials weren't at their desks. Now it's fast."

  • China: Central govet website opens formally on New Year's Day

    The website of China's central government, www.gov.cn, opened formally at zero hour Sunday following a three-month trial operation.

    There was no grand ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of the website. But according to Wu Jiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Personnel Science, this could be seen as a starting point for the establishment of an electronic government and a demonstration of the Chinese government's resolve to make itself more transparent and service-oriented.

  • China: CPC decision on deepening reform of administrative management system

    Deepening the reform of the administrative management system and improving the economic legal system have been listed among the main tasks of improving China's socialist market economic system.

  • China: CPC shifts focus to social services while still centering on economic development

    The Communist Party of China (CPC)has pledged to build a service-oriented government that provides efficient public administration and better social services to promote "coordinated economic and social development".

    "More attention should be attached to public services," says the Resolution of the CPC Central Committee on Major Issues Regarding the Building of a Harmonious Socialist Society, published on Wednesday.

  • China: Cut costs of administration

    Prompt action should be taken to reduce high administrative costs, says a commentary in Beijing News.

    An excerpt follows: Ren Yuling, a member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body, has warned that the ballooning bureaucracy costs China billions of dollars yearly. He cited that in the past quarter century, China's administrative expenditure has risen 87 fold, with an annual growth of 23 per cent. China's proportion of administrative costs in the total fiscal spending is 9.13 per cent higher than in the United States.

  • China: Database to prevent bigamy

    A searchable database of marriage registration records is being set up as a first step in helping to prevent bigamy in Beijing.

    Eighteen districts and counties are taking part, forming a network through which marriage records can be checked to ensure that neither bride- nor groom-to-be are already wed to anyone else.

  • China: Der Westen hat die besseren Internet-Regulierer

    China möchte bei der Anwendung von Filter- und Zensurmethoden vom Westen profitieren. Während der Vorstellung neuer Auflagen für Internetprovider beklagte Xu Youbai, ein Vertreter des "Nationalen Netz-Zivilsierungsprojekts" im Reich der Mitte am Wochenende, dass es China auch nach Jahren des Aufbaus einer virtuellen Mauer rund um seine Surfer immer noch an Erfahrung bei der "Regulierung" des Internet mangele.

  • China: E-gov't takes pain out of routine work

    Fifty-one-year-old Man Shulan, an accountant at a small private company in Beijing, has become an Internet master thanks to e-government efforts by the Municipal Taxation Bureau.

    In July 2003, when she was completely green to the Internet, unable even to type, Man was told she could submit almost all her company's tax report forms via the Internet rather than having to go to the tax bureau's office every month.

    "At the beginning I was totally in a mess, but now I can do all that any time, anywhere with a computer and access to the Internet," Man said.

  • China: E-governance exhibition begins in Beijing

    China's largest exhibition on e-governance technologies and products began Tuesday in Beijing, showing the latest products and solutions of world-leading information technology manufacturers.

    The Third China E-Government Technology and Application Exhibition, jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information Technology, also includes forums and other special events.

  • China: E-Government Gained Popularity

    The Chinese central government website, www.gov.cn. was officially launched on January 1st after three months of trial operation.

    Aimed at consolidating government information from different levels in one place and enhancing interaction between the government and the public, the website has been widely welcomed. CSM has the report.

  • China: E-government spurs efficiency drive

    The State Council vowed recently to facilitate e-governance, bringing the public and governments closer through the Internet.

    The move was made following growing complaints and criticisms against governmental websites being user-non-friendly and lacking useful information.

  • China: E-govt to be fully in place by 2008 in Shenzhen

    Top Shenzhen officials have promised that the municipal government will provide full e-government services by the year 2008, after Shenzhen became the first Chinese city designated by the Central Government to trial e-government programs.

    The IT application office under the State Council on Monday named Shenzhen as a pilot city for spearheading e-government programs in the country. Top city officials, including Li Hongzhong, secretary of the municipal committee of the Communist Party of China, and Mayor Xu Zongheng, were present at the ceremony where State Council officials unveiled a plaque symbolizing the beginning of the Shenzhen program.

  • China: Einführung von digitalen ID-Cards bis 2006

    800 Mio. Chinesen sollen von neuen Karten profitieren

    China plant die Einführung von rund 800 Mio. Identifikationskarten per 2006, so das Wall Street Journal. Herzstück der neuen ID-Cards wird ein Mikrochip sein, der individuelle Daten des Benützers speichern wird.

  • China: Electronic signature law drafted

    China's top legislature discussed Friday a draft law that grants electronic signatures the same legal effect as handwritten signatures and seals in business transactions.

    The eighth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress which opened here Friday, deliberated the draft law on electronic signatures for the first time.

  • China: Embracing E-Government and the promise it proffers

    This morning came the results of a survey conducted by China Youth Daily and Sina.com that a large number of the country's Internet users were not satisfied with government websites and want them to be more "interactive" and "helpful". Less than 7 percent of respondents thought them "satisfactory". China has the world's largest Internet population and such findings are truly troublesome.

    While reading this it reminded me of a good friend I have of mixed Thai/Dutch heritage who works at The Hague within their e-government sector. Years back we were both infant interns at the Bangkok Post, fresh faced and willing to do almost anything to get our names in print. Well we stayed in touch and last year I was fascinated when I learnt of her current position as a back-end civil servant operator.

  • China: Energize e-government now

    More efforts are needed to upgrade government websites, says an article in the Workers' Daily. An excerpt follows:

    The municipal government of Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province, published an assessment of local government websites last month.

  • China: Feedback channels 'ineffective'

    Channels for public feedback remain inadequate despite government efforts in recent years to solicit more views on the ground, a survey has shown.

    From hotlines run by mayoral offices to governors' e-mail addresses and online complaint centers, nearly 70 percent of 7,111 online users polled in a weeklong survey conducted by the People's Daily website said they had no idea of such channels for public opinion, while 96.8 percent of respondents said these available channels were ineffective.

  • China: Government gets Net savvy

    The Internet is gradually entering into government affairs after becoming a popular personal means of communication.

    In Shenzhen, southern Guangdong Province, the local legislature recently issued a circular on shenzhen.net.cn, asking citizens to contribute suggestions for its legislative work this year.

  • China: Government websites fail to make the grade

    An independent think-tank has handed bad reports to local governments on the mainland for their websites' ability to deliver services.

    The Wasaitahan Investment Corporation, based in Beijing, assessed the websites of 336 city governments and found most were simply used for announcements rather than service platforms.

  • China: GovHK citizen-centric: Frederick Ma

    Acting Financial Secretary Frederick Ma says the launch of GovHK is a new milestone in the development of e-government services in Hong Kong, marking a new citizen-centric approach in public-service delivery.

    Launching the new Government portal today, Mr Ma said it offers one-stop government online information and services to the public.

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