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热度: Reports 报告 Annual Report 2008 2008年度报告 Law 法规 海南省政府信息公开办法 Department in charge of OGI matters 主管部门 省政府办公厅主管 政务公开协调小组领导 OGI Guide and Catalogues 公开指南与目录 http://www.hainan.gov.cn/code/V3/zfxxgk/

热度: On 1st May 2008 finally came into force China’s “Regulation on the disclosure of government information”, after more than 12 months’ preparation. It is a long-awaited and exciting date for most FOI-advocates as well as common people in great need of government information closely related to their vital interest. From this moment on, with the curtain raised and the stage set, the mechanism of transparency operates, bringing the government under public supervision of its determination to keep the promise. The regulation undoubtedly seeks to reorient a bulky bureaucracy ruling vast territory and huge population to open its information for inspection. The task is no doubt arduous in terms of workload, given the weary history of secretive governance, and complex in terms of organizational transformation, given the rigidness of bureaucratic apparatus. Clear about the difficulty, the General Office of the State Council, the organ legally responsible to oversee the