Draft on govt info disclosure too vague

A DRAFT AMENDMENT to the 2008 regulation on government information disclosure has been issued by the State Council, China's Cabinet, to solicit public opinions. Southern Metropolis Daily commented on Monday:

It is praiseworthy that the draft does not shun questions over the increasing public calls for government information and the obligation of government organs to disclose it.

The constant disclosure "tussle" between people who want to know more about local governance and civil servants wary of divulging sensitive information has, in fact, found expression in the making and revision of relevant legal codes.