Lei Zheng
ABSTRACT
The State Council, China's cabinet, enacted its Open Government Information Regulations in April 2007. This paper examines the political, economic and administrative motivations for the enactment of the regulation, and then explores the potential legal, institutional, administrative, social and economic barriers for the implementation of the regulation.
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- Enacting and implementing open government information regulations in China: motivations and barriers
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