Government spokespersons send New Year greetings to netizens
8/2/2005 11:34
The spokespersons publicized their office telephone numbers and some
outlined New Year work plans of relevant government organs for public
supervision when addressing the 94 million Internet surfers in the Chinese
mainland.
Those involved include ministries of education, public security,
health, supervision, railways, and labor and social security.
So far 67
surfers have posted comments on People.com.cn, with some of them hailing the
move as "creative and friendly," and "a bridge of mutual understanding, trust
and support between the government and the public."
To release government
information in time and make the government work more transparent, China's State
Council Information Office (SCIO) for the first time made public a list of
spokespersons of government organs and phone numbers of the relevant government
offices late last year.
The list covers a total of 75 spokespersons from 62
organs of the State Council, and the SCIO promised to promote establishment of
the spokesperson's system in ministries and administrations under the State
Council that have not yet appointed their spokespersons, including the Ministry
of State Security and the Ministry of National Defense.
Twenty
provincial-level governments have adopted a news briefing and spokesperson's
system and appointed their spokespersons, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai,
Zhejiang, Hubei, Yunnan, Tibet and Ningxia, according to the SCIO.
Since the
SARS outbreak in 2003, China has made substantial efforts to increase the
transparency of government work. In 2004, the SCIO sponsored two national
training classes for spokespersons.
Xinhua
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