The Public Information Consultation Service (PICS) of E-government in China

This paper aims to investigate the public information consultation service (PICS) of e-government in China after the promulgation and implementation of `The Regulation of the People´s Republic of China on the Disclosure of Government Information´. A survey is carried and finds out that at present, PICS of Chinese e-government are for more remain at the initial stage of publishing certain information and the public passively accept information still. There are few are carrying out PICS. The results are displayed to show that it is essential to promote PICS. A 3-level model on how to provide PICS of e-government is proposed to establish from the both the government and the public´s perspective.