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.

Governmental departments of Shanghai extensively open channels for publicizing information

10/09/2004

Civil administration system: "leaflets for facilitating people" come out
Recently, Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs sent a thick "Catalog of Publicized Governmental Information" to supervisor of system trade conduct, for advices and proposals from all walks of life. It includes over 450 pieces of information concerning 5 categories voluntarily publicized by the Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs, called "leaflets for facilitating people". From May 1st, citizens can get all contents in "Catalog of Publicized Governmental Information" by logging in the website of Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs, which not only involves standards and guidelines in handling such cases as social aid at urban and rural area, medical aid, preferential treatment and comfort and compensation for a bereaved family, help given to settle down the two groups of retired people, but also provides such information as communities, marriage and funeral services, from which, citizens can learn of whereabouts of donation for disaster relief and conditions on welfare organs on municipal and county level and on aid management organs of outcast in Shanghai.
Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs extensively opens channels for publicizing information. As for information voluntarily publicized by governmental organs, citizens can obtain information by going online or going to the public reading room of Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs. As for information citizens apply to publicize, applicants can apply by way of website of the Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs, letters, telegraphs or faxes, or can go to the reading room to go through application procedures on site. Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs will also send out "Catalog of Publicized Governmental Information" to all neighborhood committees, enabling citizens to learn of governmental information without going out of home.
Shanghai Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs prescribes that information concerning administrative examination and approval and functions of social positions must be publicized within 24 hours after altering working procedures on website of Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs, and standardized documents are to be publicized online within 30 days after being issued.
All information of Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission will be read by entering one website
Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission and Shanghai Foreign Capital Commission voluntarily publicized their governmental information on April 29th, and any citizen, legal person or other organizations can directly inquire all policy information concerning foreign trade at site where their application is accepted or through Internet. Governmental information publicized by Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission is as much as over 180 pieces, including 26 concerning structural establishment, over 20 concerning policies and regulations, and 74 concerning administrative operation, as well as 61 concerning statistical data, notices, and announcement, etc.
Information publicized by shanghai Foreign Trade Commission is closed related to the development need of export-oriented economy. After china's entering WTO, according to the principle of transparency and non-discrimination of WTO, Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission promptly open to public its procedures in handling foreign trade affairs. This time, "Guidelines on handling affairs online" is supplemented and integrated, and there are 56 pieces of information concerning guideline information, covering business such as foreign trade, foreign capital, and foreign affairs.
Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission also provides individualized services for all kinds of enterprises and individuals through public information service exhibition and hotline of Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission. Discs, newspaper and pamphlets are adopted in public information service exhibition of Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission, and exhibition points have been increased from the previous 6 to 20.
Publicizing rate of information on water affairs reached 88.3%
How is the quality of running water drunk by residents in downtown Shanghai? We can get it all clear online. According to Administration on Water Affairs of Shanghai, from May 1st, 298 pieces of information concerning irrigation works, water supply and discharge will be shown to the public in an all-rounded way, with a transparency rate of 88.3%. The newly publicized information this time includes 4 trade planning of water supply, sewage, rain water and water conservation, 23 standardized documents and 42 technical norms, as well as such social service information on quality of water supply and shops passing lock gate.

The Shanghai government 2006