Many local govt apps are merely vanity projects

ONE AFTER ANOTHER, local governments have developed apps, which they claim allow residents greater convenience in the application procedures for certain issues. However, China Central Television recently found that many of these apps do not work. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

In the video released by CCTV, when a journalist visited a local government office to inquire about one of the apps, an official said: "Who said you can apply by app? You cannot."

There is one answer to that question. It is the local government department that released the app.