As of the end of 2008, the country's government administrations at central, provincial and municipal levels have all set up official websites, said Yang Xueshan, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology Ministry at the China E-government Forum opened on Thursday.

More than 90 percent of county-level governments and even many towns and villages have established portal websites, Yang added.

He said the Decree of Government Information Openness, which went into practice formally on May 1 last year, had greatly promoted China's government information sharing process.

"With this across-nation e-government system being built, it can be a good channel between government and the public," said Wei Liqun, senior official at China National School of Administration.

These websites post government news, notices and documents. Some even has started an online application and approval service for licenses, to better help the people.

(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2009)