A Study on the Legal Issues Concerning Publicity of Government Information

The implementation of Ordinance of Publicity of Government Information has far reaching significance in safeguarding citizens’ right to know,improving government transparency,and promoting administration according to law.However,in practice,the following issues are of vital importance: the proper definition of government information,the scope and disclosure methods of government information,the identification of excluded areas of government information,the understanding of how the ordinance fits into related regulations and the balance of government information publicity and the protection of privacy.