Disclosure Of Government Information And Archival Work

Disclosure of government information has become an important element of democracy and rule of law in the age of information along with the world tendency for establishment of the legal system regarding freedom of information. And the archives is important parts of government information, its publicity and management have close relations with the legal system of disclosure of government information. In China, some progresses have been made in this field, however, there are still many problem yet. Because the difference of the lawmaking time and the value principle, there are many difference between regulation on freedom of government information and the archives law. How to harmonize their difference so as to afford a chance to link disclosure of government information and the archives publicity on the law of administration procedure and regulation on freedom of government information which are being drafted? How to reply the challenges of disclosure of government information? What effect will the disclosure of government information bring to the archival branches? All of these need all-levels archivists to consider seriously and deeply. Disclosure of government information is a new issue for the research on Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, and how to link it with the archival work, and requires further study. Therefore, the study on the subject has both theoretical value and practical value.From the perspective of right of right of access to government information and development of the archival work, this article makes a research on disclosure of government information and the archival work with methods of comparative study and historical study.The whole article has 7 sections.The first section is introduction including the research on background, purpose and means.The second section is regarding the basic concepts of the subject. The part proposes the argument that popular sovereignty, the right to know and the freedom of speech or press are the sources of the right of the access to government information, and also the foundation of the legal system of the disclosure of government information. Discussing the principles of disclosure of government information, i. e. the principles of publicity of balance, and of remedy, etc.; and confirms the value of disclosure of government information for public participation, protection of the individual rights, economic development, prevention of corruption and improvement of administrative efficiency. This parts also analyses the scope of disclosed information and exempt information.The third section is the current situation, problems and countermeasures regarding disclosure of government information in china. This part historically analyses its problems and current situation, tried to give some suggestions about how to establish and improve the system.The fourth part is the archives publicity. This part analyses the current situation of the archives publicity and the archives law. By comparing the difference between the disclosure of government information and the archives publicity, the article suggest the methods of how to link them and make them exist harmoniously.The fifth section is my suggestion about changing the role of the archives center into government information center. All-levels archivists must take their advantages to improve the system of disclosure of government information.The sixth part is about the opportunities and challenges which disclosure of government information will bring to the archival work.The seventh section is conclusions.