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E‐government in China
Author(s) -
Holliday Ian,
Yep Ray
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.361
Subject(s) - china , benchmarking , government (linguistics) , argument (complex analysis) , corporate governance , public sector , position (finance) , political science , futures studies , stock (firearms) , public administration , economics , economy , management , geography , law , finance , linguistics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , artificial intelligence , computer science , archaeology
The article analyses e‐government progress in China. It provides a brief overview of benchmarking studies and their evaluation of China, plus a contextual analysis of e‐government initiatives in China and of the changing official position witnessed in the past two decades. It then takes stock of e‐government in China in the first quarter of 2004. On this basis, it considers the significance of contemporary e‐government activity for Chinese governance. The argument is that e‐government is currently having no more than a limited impact on the Chinese public sector. However, there are strong grounds for optimism about future development. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.