Ever since China opened up to the world in 1980's, the Shanghai Municipal Government, led by the Communist Party of China and the State Council, makes great effort to build the city into an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center. With the cooperation and hardwork of Shanghai people, the city is progressing to its goal as a global metropolitan. The new team of leaders of the Shanghai government took office in February 2003. "The power of the government is entrusted by the people; the interest of people is above all," as Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng promise in his inaugural. Guided by the Shanghai Party Committee, the city's new leadership vows to strictly perform its official duties; to make significant progress in self-improvement, and to intensify the shift of its role from administrative to public service. The Shanghai government will build itself into a service government that would share with the people all their happiness and troubles; a solid responsible government that is efficient, honest and diligent; a law-abiding government that respects legal system and rules strictly and impartially.


To implement the essence of the Central government to do a practical job of making governmental affaires open to the public, deepen the job and get more achievements from it

02/13/2004

After the national video conference on making government affaires open to the public held on September 25th,, Luo Shiqian, deputy Party Secretary and secretary of Discipline Inspection Commission of Shanghai presided over Shanghai meeting place; in his speech, he asked all departments and all counties and districts to make further efforts, to be highly responsible for the Party and the mass, and do a practical job of making governmental affaires open to the public, deepen the job and get more achievements from it. Luo Shiqian stressed that arrangements have been made for us to further push forward the work of making governmental affaires open in speeches made by Wu Guanzheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Government and the secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of CPC and by Hua Jianmin, secretary general of the State Council, which are significantly instructive for us to conscientiously study the important speech made by Hu Jintao on the meeting of commemorating¡°July 1st incident¡±and to stick to taking the important theory of¡°Three Represents¡±as our guideline and to implement the essence of 16th People¡¯s Congress in an all-rounded way and deepen the work of making governmental affaires open. We should take practical situation of Shanghai into consideration and conscientiously implement the essence of the meeting.
Luo shiqian pointed out that for years, governmental organs on all levels of Shanghai have played important roles in pushing forward making government affaires open. During the early part of June of this year, on the meeting of checking unhealthy tendency and making governmental affaires open held on municipal level, focus is put on fostering a serving government, responsible government and legal government, and new goals and tasks are set to deepen the work of making governmental affaires open. On the national video conference on making government affaires open, introduction from five provinces, including Jilin Province gave Shanghai new experiences to promote the work of making governmental affaires open in an all-rounded way. We should further strengthen leadership, integrate the work of making governmental affaires open with the work of strengthening construction of Party conduct and anti-corruption work, with deepening reform on the system of administrative examination and approval and transiting government functions, with the work of maintaining interest of the mass and getting rid of elements for an unsteady society, and with upgrading the comprehensive competitiveness of Shanghai and creating a sound investment environment, so as to continuously deepen and perfect the work of making governmental affaires open to the public.
On the meeting, Feng Guoqin, member of the Standing committee of the Municipal Party committee and deputy mayor, reviewed the work of Shanghai in its efforts to promote making governmental affaires open, and made arrangements for future work.

The Shanghai government 2006