E-government Blue Book: China E-government Development Report No.2 (SSDB CD-ROM)

Author: Wang Changsheng, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book is composed of five parts: General Discussion, Frontier Dynamics, Policy Trends, Methodology and Technology, and Practice. The book is well-documented with reliable data, presents objective and fair analyses and forecasts, and provides comprehensive and in-depth summaries. At a critical historical stage of vigorous development and comprehensive promotion of e-government in China, the publication of this book undoubtedly holds significant importance. The construction of e-government in China is moving towards a phase of deeper development, emphasizing efficiency and outcomes. Based on the progress of central and local e-government construction in China in 2004, there are approximately three key issues that warrant in-depth research and discussion.
The first issue is to correctly grasp the relationship between e-government and informatization, considering e-government as a component of the overall informatization development plan. The second issue is that the construction of e-government must adhere to the government's core business processes as the main thread. The third issue is that the construction of e-government must focus on the transformation and optimization of government business processes. Any e-government project should start with reviewing, studying, and evaluating existing business processes, with the emphasis on transforming and optimizing them. The success of e-government systems hinges on this. It should be noted that e-government is not government office automation. Under favorable conditions, all government departments need to achieve office automation and require information infrastructure such as local area networks or dedicated networks. However, these are not the core or essential aspects of e-government. Online office operations, video conferences, and other such activities are also not the key points of e-government. The core and essential content of e-government is to use modern information technology to support the government in completing its business activities, fulfilling its responsibilities, and realizing its statutory functions. In other words, the core and essential content of e-government is to develop and implement various informatization application systems that support the government's core business.
Therefore, in places with limited resources and inadequate conditions, the development of government core business application systems should drive the advancement of office automation, rather than the other way around. The China E-Government Development Report (Blue Book of E-Government), published annually, collects important documents and practices from the development of e-government in China, explores major issues in e-government construction, and is expected to benefit leaders, experts, and technical personnel concerned with the development and construction of e-government in China. This will enable e-government to truly become an important means for transforming government functions, innovating management methods, improving government supervision capabilities and service levels, and serving the enhancement of the Party's governance capacity.