Altogether 73, or 96.1 percent, of the 76 government departments at the state level have started portal websites, 2.7 percent higher than the figure in 2004, said the report.
Weiterlesen: More government departments in China open portal websites
Aimed at consolidating government information from different levels in one place and enhancing interaction between the government and the public, the website has been widely welcomed. CSM has the report.
The website, in both Chinese and English versions, is a network connecting all provincial and city-level governments. As Wang Yukai, a professor with the State Administrative College, has observed, the new website is designed to "kick off a new age for e-government" in China.
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There was no grand ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of the website. But according to Wu Jiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Personnel Science, this could be seen as a starting point for the establishment of an electronic government and a demonstration of the Chinese government's resolve to make itself more transparent and service-oriented.
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Successful bidders will be awarded the contract before the year's end, to take over the operation in early 2007.
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