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Beijing tops table for transparency
By Zhang Xuanchen |
01:16 UTC+8 September 30, 2010
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BEIJING government has the most transparent administrative policies on Chinese mainland, while Shanghai ranks fourth in terms of openness, an academic report found yesterday.
The annual report reviewed how the national Regulation on Open Government Information has been working since it took effect in 2008.
It evaluated the level of transparency of 30 provincial-level government and 43 central departments under the State Council. Areas assessed included policy making, policy implementation and public supervision, reported Beijing Times.
The report gave a pass score to only 40 percent of provincial government agencies and 17 percent of central departments. It showed that most bodies are still reluctant to provide information on procurement, frustrating citizens' rights to know.
Among the authorities of 30 mainland provinces and regions, the Capital topped the list, scoring 76.5 out of 100, followed by the northern coastal Tianjin Municipality and the southern Guangdong Province. Meanwhile, Xinjiang Uygur, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Hui autonomous regions lagged at the bottom of the table.
It appeared that rich areas, most in central and east China, performed better than their southern and northern counterparts, though Wang Xixin of Peking University, leader of the team that wrote the report, said economic status is not closely related to bureaucratic openness.
The two central departments which scored best were the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Commerce, scoring 61 and 60 respectively, while the country's top legislature, finance, statistics and environment were awarded between 40 and 50 for their performances.
In 2007, China unveiled rules promising to expose its government policies, from economic plans to environmental regulations, to greater transparency in a bid to fight corruption and misrule. Citizens have the right to appeal and, ultimately, take officials to court if legitimate requests are rebuffed.
The annual report reviewed how the national Regulation on Open Government Information has been working since it took effect in 2008.
It evaluated the level of transparency of 30 provincial-level government and 43 central departments under the State Council. Areas assessed included policy making, policy implementation and public supervision, reported Beijing Times.
The report gave a pass score to only 40 percent of provincial government agencies and 17 percent of central departments. It showed that most bodies are still reluctant to provide information on procurement, frustrating citizens' rights to know.
Among the authorities of 30 mainland provinces and regions, the Capital topped the list, scoring 76.5 out of 100, followed by the northern coastal Tianjin Municipality and the southern Guangdong Province. Meanwhile, Xinjiang Uygur, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Hui autonomous regions lagged at the bottom of the table.
It appeared that rich areas, most in central and east China, performed better than their southern and northern counterparts, though Wang Xixin of Peking University, leader of the team that wrote the report, said economic status is not closely related to bureaucratic openness.
The two central departments which scored best were the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Commerce, scoring 61 and 60 respectively, while the country's top legislature, finance, statistics and environment were awarded between 40 and 50 for their performances.
In 2007, China unveiled rules promising to expose its government policies, from economic plans to environmental regulations, to greater transparency in a bid to fight corruption and misrule. Citizens have the right to appeal and, ultimately, take officials to court if legitimate requests are rebuffed.
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