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 information catalog publicized by 15 governmental organs on municipal level of Shanghai

10/09/2004

Flow chart of publicizing governmental information by General Office of Shanghai Municipal Government publicizes on application
Methods for government publicize its information are diversified, and citizens can choose their own way to be informed.
Citizens who are used to surfing on internet can easily have access to the gateway website of new version of "Shanghai, China" . The large capacity governmental information platform is set up by focusing on "close to citizens and being transparent", and a lot of affaires concerning improvement of people's livelihood and investment environment can be handled online, including citizens and enterprises going through procedures for handling affairs, investing in Shanghai, tourist services and aid service, etc. In addition, the gateway website is linked to all function departments of the Municipal Government, government on district and county level and to some key organs, and information publicized by governmental organs can be found on the gateway website.
It is worth mentioning that division of work and the latest work content of the 9 major leaders from the municipal government including Mayor Han Zheng are publicized online. Click "Mayor Window" at upper left corner on the home page of "Shanghai, China", and mayor and vice mayor have their own e-mail boxes, thus citizens can communicate with them by writing e-mails.
There are other alternatives for citizens having no access to internet-----
They can learn of the latest governmental information and development of hotspot through the routine news conference held once in two weeks.
They can enter the newly opened Shanghai Archive at No.9 Zhongshan Dong'er Road on the Bund, and make use of its public services to know about governmental information.
Citizens, legal persons and other organizations can take with them relevant proof documents and apply for publicized governmental information in accordance with relevant procedures (for flow chart, please refer to version 19). Once there is conflict between applicant for publicized information and the party asked to publicize information, Office on Legal System from the municipal government is to give the judgment and information decided to be publicized must be open to the applicants.
Citizens can get free of charge at the 20,000 specific spot of Oriental Newspaper Stands the latest government bulletins with an amount of 200,000 for each edition.
Shanghai Construction Commission
http£º//www.shucm.sh.cn
introduction to key projects;
notification on management of construction and building material industry;
information on construction projects bidding;
major service hotlines for construction and transportation system;
road construction plans;
Shanghai Planning Bureau
http£º//www.shghj.gov.cn
laws and regulations, standardized documents related to city planning. Policies and regulations newly approved in the future are to be promptly publicized within 5 work days after being authorized;
There are all together 55 pieces for the first group of information concerning all kinds of planning. Planning texts and drawings are included in urban planning. Effective planning out of the authorized planning are to be publicized(except for those concerning confidential and security information), and new planning information is to be publicized within 10 work days after being authorized.
Categories for planning information to be publicized at present are as follows:
* Overall planning includes overall city planning of Shanghai, overall planning of downtown area, overall planning of suburb area and overall planning of the new town, etc;
* Regional planning includes district division planning, sub-district division planning, planning on controlled establishment units and controlled detailed planning;
* Industry planning includes planning on education industry, planning on steel industry and planning on shipbuilding industry;
* Professional planning includes planning on preservation of historic scene and historic buildings of Shanghai, planning on freeways of Shanghai, railway planning, afforestation planning and sculpture planning, etc;
* Key project and key region planning includes planning on banks of Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek, and planning on World Expo' region, etc.;
* Operability planning includes detailed planning on construction work, etc.
Examination and approval condition on construction project planning. Dynamic update on examination and approval results on such four items as written opinion on site selection of construction projects, permit on construction land planning, permit on construction project planning, and permit on acceptance inspection on construction completion
Basic information related to planning management in Shanghai (such as mapping, place name and city construction file, etc).
Shanghai Housing Land Resources Administration
http£º//www.shfdz.gov.cn
Standardized documents issued by bureaus since 1995
Information on practical deeds, such as blueprint on land take-over, blueprint on compensation for land take-over, information on renovation of old residential districts, information on preservation and renovation of excellent historic buildings, and information on low rent housing, etc.
Shanghai City Planning Administrative Bureau
http£º//www.shsz.gov.cn
For key projects, such information as conditions of freeway, cross river channel and urban road should be publicized. Geographic location, significance, project scale, date of beginning and finishing construction, investment and construction mechanism, transportation blueprint and roles of the projects after finishing construction are to be introduced comprehensively, supplied with sketch map and effect drawing of projects.
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* For development of road excavation of Shanghai, construction plans of road piping construction of Shanghai are to be publicized, enabling citizens to learn of conditions of road excavation, date of starting and finishing construction, excavated section, construction units and telephone for supervision, etc., of relevant public works. Accidents occurring recently are to be circulated promptly.
* For collection of stipulated road fees, inquiry access should be provided for citizens on relevant policies and regulations on stipulated road fees.
* Sketch map of highway net is to be publicized first in guideline of highway net, and then further publicize electronic map of highway net of Shanghai.
* Sketch map of inner ring belt, mid-ring belt, outer ring belt and ten fast speed highways linked with them as well as 15 arterial roads are publicized in monthly report on work of fast-speed highways in downtown area of Shanghai.
* In monthly report on work of arterial highways, work conditions and relevant analysis on fast-speed roads at downtown area of the previous month are to be publicized at the beginning of every month, enabling citizens to learn of conditions of some crowded sections and reason analysis in a macroscopic way so as to better work out their route on going out.
* As for gas service information, prices and inspection conditions of man-made gas, natural gas and liquefied gas closely linked with citizens' life are to be publicized, and such information on guidelines for applying for gas consumption, basic knowledge on gas and work instructions of inspectors are to be provided at the same time.
As for planning and development catalog, planning on Shanghai freeway network, planning on Shanghai Natural Gas Development and urban highway network reaching any city in the Yangtze Delta within 3 hours are to be publicized, which are to be shown with sketch maps.
In city planning map depot of Shanghai, key public works constructed since 1990's in Shanghai are to be publicized. A group of public works constructed since 1990's are to be selected, such as Huangpu River Bridge, Cross River channel, elevated roads, fast-speed arterial roads at downtown area and metro, etc., which are shown in colored pictures.
Administration on Water Affairs of Shanghai
http£º//www.shanghaiwater.gov.cn
As for water Affairs planning, professional planning on water supply of Shanghai, planning on water conservancy, professional planning on sewage treatment system and professional planning on rain water and drainage system of urban area, etc., are to be publicized;
As for flood and disaster conditions, condition of impact on Shanghai by such natural disasters as typhoon, storms and waves should be publicized promptly;
Measures and working conditions in such social services as water supply, drainage, and river way water gate.
Shanghai Administrative Bureau for Industrial and Commercial
http£º//www.sgs.gov.cn
all standardized documents and those closely linked with interests of the public should be publicized;
results on random inspection for quality of circulated commodities;
contents in articles of contract form which can be publicized;
famous brand, known trade marks, brand catalog for famous export-oriented products, and design;
according to application, to publicize information as enterprise being revoked business licenses and annual inspection results;
To inquire basic registration items of enterprises through application;
Shanghai Labor and Security Bureau
http£º//www.12333.gov.cn
relevant laws and regulations, and rules, and valid standardized documents concerning labor and security since the establishment of People's Republic of China in 1949, totaling 447 pieces.
To publicize the social security account information of 715,000 persons covered by social security, including 454,000 in service and 261,000 who have retired but enjoying endowment insurance; citizens can inquire information about their own social security account through internet to protect their legal right and interest.
Through investigation on 4033 enterprises in various industries, involving verified economic modes in various scale, a salary guideline on over 1000 jobs has been worked out.
A professional recruitment column, including recruitment of the year's graduates, has been opened, thus, professionals can communicate with employers through it, and real and valid positions information provided online every day remains to be over 5 pieces.
Information on youth probation bases and probation positions is open to the public. A column of "Services for Guiding Starting Business" is set up, and about 28 projects to help start business are promoted every week.
Shanghai Health Commission
http£º//www.smhb.gov.cn
Application procedures for establishment of medical organs and for engaged in medical industry;
Name, class, nature, address, legal representative and subject for diagnosis and treat of medical organs of grade II and III;
Names and addresses of fixed spot of charity medical organs;
Preferential service contents for the senior over 70 years old in see a doctor;
Condition on examination and approval on clinic application of new technologies in medical organs of Shanghai;
Addresses and telephone numbers of offices on handling medical accidents and organs on technique identification of medical accidents on municipal and district (or county level);
Procedures on application for handling medical accidents;
Epidemic situation and information release on infectious diseases;
Charge standard on medical treatment at medical organs
Shanghai Education Commission
http£º//www.shmec.gov.cn
Information concerning entrance examinations and student recruitment for schools of all grades and all categories, from preschool education, basic education, vocational schools, higher education and further education to life education.
Employment information of university graduates, employment policies and channels for university graduates; to publicize conditions, application methods, examination and approval results and methods to get a permanent residence of Shanghai for graduates from outside Shanghai to be employed in Shanghai.
Information on students transferring schools and aid, policy on students transferring schools and operation methods; policy, conditions and implementation methods on "rewarding, lending loans, reducing tuition, aid and providing allowance" to disadvantaged students.
Information on teacher qualifications authentication such as conditions, application methods and results on authenticating teacher qualifications;
Standard and policy on collecting tuition, incidental expenses, commission expenses and boarding of schools of all grades and categories in Shanghai.
Relevant information such as names of agencies for studying abroad.
Shanghai Municipal Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau
http£º//www.sbts.sh.cn
Laws and regulations with regard to quality and technology supervision, standardized document of organs of higher level, as well as standardized document formulated by the Bureau;
Results of inspecting and spot-checking the quality of various products;
Nine categories of metrological management information, including the license of manufacturing metrological instruments, metrological certification organizations;
Eight categories of information, including evaluation conditions of metrological guarantee ability of manufacturers, examination and certification of metrological examiners.
Seven categories of information, including manufacture license, brands, quality engineers and certification advisory organs;
Six categories of information, including the code of organizations, names, scope, legal person, registered address and postal code (except classified units); first publicizing effective standard catalogues on over 500 thousand local companies.
Shanghai Municipal Personnel Bureau
http£º//rsj.sh.gov.cn
Procedures of civil servants signing up and results of examination and enrollment, minimum score line for written examination, the enrollment situation of public servant in recent years and their examination
The policy that the offspring of people who return home after studying abroad can get extra points when sitting in junior high schools of Shanghai, the policy to make it convenient for people to sign visa for their family members of overseas talents, number and structure of overseas talents introduced through domiciliary register and Residence Certificate.
The list notification of people who are entitled to special allowance from the State Council and the proclamation and inquiry of examination results for obtaining a title of a technical post and professional competence.
Providing inquiry services, covering registered number, name, residence, legal representative, funds, theme and operational extent of 8385 undertaking enterprises already registered.
The management measures for military cadres transferred to civilian work to choose work on their own; training program and training organizations for professional personnel urgently needed in Shanghai. The number of people getting trained in the previous year and the situation of certificate granting.
The application method and work procedures of personnel administrative reconsidering.
Shanghai Public Security Bureau
http£º//www.police.sh.cn
Catalogue of public security administrative approval items and laws and regulations on which they based.
The publicizable standardized document catalogues of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Among them, those inside classified documents and standardized document that can produce a bad social effect after being publicized (for instance, permanency residency management documents) can only be publicized after application is approved; others can be publicized without permission. All in all, the documents are around 100 pieces.
Press conference system will be adopted concerning key cases, emergencies, disastrous accidents as well as quarterly and yearly social security situation.
Information of police enrollment, employment qualifications, procedures and results will be publicized in time.
Administrative Bureau on Civil Affairs of Shanghai
http£º//mzj.sh.gov.cn
Public Services
*Serving the old, include the following items: the developments of community old-age activity rooms under "Starlight Program" and the situation of model community old-age activity room; the situation of community old-age day-care units; the situation of law-assisting organ for the old; the situation of emergency assistance for the old.
*Community services include: the situation of community service centers on both city and district levels; the situation of community service hotlines on both city and district levels; the situation of community service networks on both city and district levels; the situation of community service supermarkets on both city and district levels.
* Funeral and interment services include: the situation of community funeral and interment services on both city and district levels and reception sites; the funeral and interment service items on city level and fee scale; on-line funeral and interment service items; the situation of on-line tomb-sacrificing and renovation service.
* Marriage registration services include: the situation of marriage registration service centers on both city and district levels; name list of people hired by Shanghai Civil Administration Bureau to issue marriage certificates; the situation of marriage registration "usher" service on both city and district levels; the situation of marriage registration service centers on both city and district levels;
*The services of non-governmental organizations include: the situation of service centers of non-governmental organizations on both city and district levels; the service contents of service center on non-governmental organizations.
*Training services of social work include: the situation of training on registered social workers; the situation of training on community workers; service items and contents of Shanghai social worker website.
Shanghai Financial Bureau
http£º//www.csj.sh.gov.cn
*governmental procurement budget in 2004 and its execution situation in the four departments of education, science, agriculture and social security that the public is concerned about. (not yet decided)
* examination results of accountants publicly inquired online
*administrative items to be examined and approved as for CPA(Certified Public Accountant) industry.
*the governmental procurement office
*information about tender winning among some tender-invitation items
*To gradually introduce the identification technology online to inquire about governmental procurement flow.
Shanghai Foreign Trade Commission
http£º//www.smert.gov.cn
Acquire WTO-related information in good time, track cases of international trade disagreement that involve Shanghai, accept instructions from the Ministry of Commerce, make public relevant information in time, and assist corporations to tackle problems in an active way.
The reporting of annual import plan of commodities of regular quota as well as commodities with limited registration and making it known to lower levels.

The Shanghai government 2006