Comparison of E-government strategy between Chinese and foreign nations: Content, model and characteristics

With rapid development of ICT and Internet, the ICT has been widely used to prompt all aspects of a modern society. Based on the ICT and Internet, the E-government has been adopted by many nations which are aiming to reform their traditional management in the public sector. Of course, China is not an exception. This paper aims to compare the E-government strategies between China and foreign nations. By making research on the contents, models and basic characteristics of E-government strategies in the compared nations, this paper tries to generate some valuable suggestions on how to reinforce and improve the Chinese E-government strategy and better its utilization in the context of globalization. As a result, the E-government strategy can be viewed as a dramatic reforming endeavor to reengineer the Chinese government.