Measures of Hebei Province on Implementing the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Openness of Government Information

Article 1 These Measures are formulated to ensure the implementation of the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Information Openness (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). Article 2 Within the administrative region of this province, the government information disclosure work of people's governments at all levels and people's governments at or above the county level (including departments, directly affiliated institutions, directly affiliated ad hoc institutions, offices, deliberation and coordination institutions, hereinafter referred to as administrative organs) shall abide by these measures. Article 3 People's governments at all levels shall exercise unified leadership over the government information disclosure in their respective administrative areas.

The General Office of the Provincial People's Government is the competent department of government information disclosure in the province, which is responsible for promoting, guiding, coordinating and supervising the government information disclosure in the province. The Provincial Supervision Department is responsible for the supervision and inspection of government information disclosure, the Legislative Affairs Office of the Provincial People's Government is responsible for the legality review of government information disclosure guidelines and directories of provincial government departments, and the Provincial Secrecy Bureau is responsible for the supervision and guidance of the confidentiality review of government information disclosure.

City, county (city, district) people's government office (room) is responsible for promoting, guiding, coordinating and supervising the government information disclosure within their respective administrative areas.

Departments (units) that implement vertical leadership shall carry out government information disclosure work under the unified guidance and coordination of superior business departments (units) and local people's governments. Departments (units) that implement dual leadership shall carry out government information disclosure work under the leadership of the local people's government and accept the guidance of superior business departments (units). Article 4 The administrative organ shall establish and improve the working system of government information disclosure, and determine the institution responsible for its office work as the working institution of government information disclosure, undertake the daily work of government information disclosure, and fully perform the duties stipulated in Article 4 of the Regulations. Article 5 The government information produced by an administrative organ shall be made public by the administrative organ that produced the information; Government information obtained by administrative organs from citizens, legal persons or other organizations shall be made public by the administrative organs that keep the government information.

If the administrative organ that has the obligation to disclose government information is revoked or changed, the administrative organ that continues to perform its functions shall be responsible for the disclosure.

Where laws and regulations have other provisions on the authority of government information disclosure, those provisions shall prevail. Article 6 The matters of government information voluntarily disclosed shall be specifically determined by the administrative organs according to the provisions of Article 9 of the Regulations and the scope of their respective duties. The key government information disclosed in Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Regulations shall be studied item by item, the scope shall be defined, and the specific contents of the disclosure shall be made clear. Article 7 The following contents shall be made public together with government information matters voluntarily disclosed:

(a) the functions, responsibilities and authority of the administrative organ;

(two) the basis, conditions, procedures and time limit for handling;

(3) Work discipline and supervision system;

(four) the results and legal remedies;

(five) to facilitate the public to understand other contents of government information disclosure matters. Article 8 An administrative organ may disclose government information in the following ways and carriers that are easy for the public to know:

(a) Government Gazette or other information published by the government;

(2) government websites;

(three) government information hotline, administrative service hall, administrative service center;

(4) press conference;

(5) National Archives, public libraries, public reading rooms, electronic information screens and information bulletin boards;

(6) Newspapers, radio and television;

(seven) other ways to facilitate the public to obtain government information in a timely and accurate manner. Article 9 The people's governments at or above the county level shall set up government information consulting places in the national archives and public libraries, and the township (town) people's governments shall take measures to set up government information consulting points at the government's location, and equip them with necessary facilities and equipment to provide convenience for local citizens, legal persons or other organizations to consult government information. Article 10 National archives and public libraries shall provide places, facilities and equipment for administrative organs to disclose government information.

The administrative organ shall, within 15 working days from the date of disclosure of government information, provide the government information voluntarily disclosed to the national archives and public libraries. If it cannot be provided within the prescribed time limit due to justifiable reasons, it may be extended by 15 working days with the approval of the person in charge of the government information disclosure work agency of the administrative organ. Article 11 The municipal people's governments of provinces and districts and their departments shall regularly publish important policies and systems, major work arrangements and major reform measures through government information press conferences, and timely and accurately disclose public emergencies, early warning information and other government information that the public needs to know in time.

The release of government information such as the quality and safety of agricultural products, the epidemic situation of major infectious diseases, major animal epidemics, important geographic information data and statistical information shall be carried out in accordance with the authority and procedures determined by laws, administrative regulations and relevant state regulations. Article 12 Citizens, legal persons or other organizations may, according to their own needs in work, production and life, apply to administrative organs for access to relevant government information other than government information that should be voluntarily disclosed according to regulations. However, the government information obtained according to the application shall not be used to engage in illegal activities.