{"id":21469,"date":"2008-07-04T15:44:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T22:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=21469"},"modified":"2008-07-04T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T22:44:13","slug":"%e2%80%9cinformation-openness%e2%80%9d-a-growing-topic-for-china%e2%80%99s-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/07\/%e2%80%9cinformation-openness%e2%80%9d-a-growing-topic-for-china%e2%80%99s-media\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cInformation Openness\u201d a Growing Topic for China\u2019s Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

China Media Project looks <\/a>at coverage of “information openness” in the Chinese media over the past year, with the passage of the National Ordinance on Openness of Government Information:<\/p>\n

Since national legislation on government information release took effect in China on May 1 this year, Chinese media have taken to the topic of information openness in a big way. And while the lasting effects of the National Ordinance on Openness of Government Information (\u653f\u5e9c\u4fe1\u606f\u516c\u5f00\u6761\u4f8b) remain to be seen, there can little doubt that media have used the very fact of the law\u2019s existence to advance discussion of its spirit \u2014 the value of timely information sharing.<\/p>\n

Here is what the term \u201cinformation openness\u201d, or xinxi gongkai (\u4fe1\u606f\u516c\u5f00), has looked like in China\u2019s media over the past year. There is clear upward trend in coverage, cresting in May as the legislation took effect and the Sichuan earthquake further underscored the importance of information access.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China Media Project looks at coverage of “information openness” in the Chinese media over the past year, with the passage of the National Ordinance on Openness of Government Information: Since national legislation on government information release took effect in China on May 1 this year, Chinese media have taken to the topic of information openness 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