Research on Freedom of Information and Electronic government in China

China became a full member of the WTO after promising to establish a system where people could request some public records. The government got about 100,000 requests last year, according to Weibi...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/11/ap-impact-right-to-know-laws-often.html

New evidence for us to explore the orgins of the world's first FOI legislation. Finally, it is also an important right in a free society to be freely allowed to contribute to society’swell-bei...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/11/thoughts-on-civil-liberty.html

Taken from UCL, Constitution Unit, see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/research/foi/countries/china Although the context of Freedom of Information in People’s Republic of China is arg...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/11/context-of-foi-in-china.html

24 May 2011 http://www.freedominfo.org/2011/05/papers-probe-drivers-of-transparency-in-china/ Emerging transparency in China and what explains it was the topic of two papers presented at The Fi...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/11/papers-probe-drivers-of-transparency-in.html

The papers in this edition provide further testament to the international standing of Information Polity. This edition contains five papers, authored by academics from five different countries: C...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/05/professor-john-taylors-comments-on-my.html

Between 2008 and 2010, Shanghai government agencies received a total of 33,167 access requests. The chart shows the total number of requests for each year. In 2009 a total of 11,733 requests we...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/05/access-requests-received-by-shanghai.html

China's Limited Push Model of FOI Legislation Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 346-351, October 2010 Abstract: China has adopted a push model of Freedom of Information (...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-article-chinas-limited-push-model-of.html

My article, titled "The improved information environment as a key rationale for freedom of information reform in China" was published in Information Polity. See the webpage for more information: ...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-article-improved-information.html

My book, based on my doctoral thesis, will be published by Routledge on October 5th 2011. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415677783/ Description:　Freedom of Information (FOI) in C...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-book-freedom-of-information-reform.html

This paper examines the influence of the improved Chinese information environment, which comprises four streams of information flows: information flow within the government/the supply side, infor...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/10/improved-information-environment-one.html

This paper examines China’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Regulations. It argues that China has adopted a push model of FOI legislation that emphasises proactive disclosure of government in...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/10/chinas-limited-push-model-of-foi.html

During the first six months of implementation of the FOI Regulations, Chinese citizens used FOI legislation for access to the following five main categories of government information, all closely...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/10/chinese-citizens-primarily-for.html

During the first six months after implementation of the FOI Regulations, Chinese legal professionals were the most frequent requesters in China (Appendix 1). Their requests have the following fou...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/10/legal-professionals-major-requesters-of.html

28 September is the right to know day. I share my thesis abstract with all of you. Any comments are welcomed. Cheers. Thesis Title: Freedom of Information Reform in China: Information Flow Analy...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/09/freedom-of-information-reform-in-china.html

Among the 22 state central agencies’ annual reports, 8 agencies’ reports did not provide the particulars of responses to information requests. The details in 14 agencies’ annual reports w...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/05/chinese-state-agencies-responses-to-foi.html

According to the 22 central agencies' annual reports, there is only 1 FOI lawsuit. The number of applications for administrative reconsideration is much higher than that of lawsuit, but the fi...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/05/only-one-applicant-took-state-central.html

Jilin and Hainan Province published their FOI annual report on their government websites. The number of access requests came as a surprise. Government agencies in Jilin Province located in N...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/another-two-provincial-foi-annual.html

Another 31 state central agencies’ FOI annual reports are available now. According to these 31 annul reports, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce received the largest number of...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/another-31-state-central-agencies-foi.html

In 2009, the Shanghai government was committed to making it one of the regions with the highest transparency across the country. It determines to establish a push model of FOI which takes informa...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/shanghai-typical-local-forerunner-of.html

There are 27 ministries and commission under the State Council. 5 Ministries’ FOI Annual Reports have not yet available. Between the date of commencement of the FOI Regulations on 1 May 2008 ...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/foi-annual-report-for-organs-composing.html

The 15 provincial FOI annul reports show that only a small number of information requests fell into the category of the statutory exemptions. About 10% and 5 % requests were rejected due to the...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/governmental-responses-to-foi-requests.html

Between 1 May 2008 and 31 December 2008, 881 applications were made for administrative reconsideration or internal review of agency decisions on access requests in 17 provinces. 307 FOI lawsui...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/number-of-foi-review-in-china.html

Among 17 provincial governments’ FOI annual reports, only 15 reports provided particulars of the use of FOI legislation. The Sichuan government has had a passionate interest in implementing F...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/88096-information-requests-received-by.html

By 17 April 2009, there were still 5 provinces, including Shanxi, Hebei, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Guangxi which had not publicized their FOI annul reports on the Internet. While 7 provinces made ...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/foi-annual-report-in-china-at-province.html

After the FOI Regulations went into effect, Xu Jianguo, a Beijing lawyer, filed a request dated 1 May 2008 to the Huangzhou District Bureau of Transport for some proactively disclosed information...

http://foichina.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-foi-case-supported-by-chinese.html