A State Council report shows that government services are still delivered mainly face-to-face or on paper, despite the mushrooming number of governmental websites in recent years.
The eighth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress which opened here Friday, deliberated the draft law on electronic signatures for the first time.
Under the system, a total of over 40 departments and enterprises of government ministries will handle purchase of good sand services as well as tender sales and quotations.
The Law on Electronic Signatures is expected to further regulate the use of online documents and electronic signatures in China. The draft law calls for the establishment of an online authentication system and is designed to safeguard Internet-based transactions and legalize the implementation of e-business and e-government applications.
The strategy has eight main areas of action which include providing a more integrated structure to map out IT policies and strategies, driving the e-government program, championing the development of new applications and services, promoting IT adoption by business and the community, and fostering the development of the IT industry.