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E-Government comes to China: slowly

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A survey conducted by China Youth Daily and Sina.com suugests a large number of the country’s Internet users are not satisfied with government websites and want them to be more ‘interactive’ and ‘helpful’.

Less than 7% of respondents thought them ‘satisfactory’.

China has the world’s largest Internet population.

Analyze the mission statements of the various e-government initiatives it appears increasingly the role of government is being framed to incorporate service delivery, adopting a business model and terminology to refer to its function and duties towards the nation.

For China, which has only just celebrated its 30th anniversary regarding opening up and reform towards a more market orientation, the present global momentum leading towards an online interactive climate is a challenge.

E-government is a signal that the old way of doing things will need to be refined.

A constraint for China today, a nation so diverse, is that there are many markets within one greater market. We  live in interesting times.
Source: China Daily

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