Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Information Openness.
Article 10 The government information produced by an administrative organ shall be made public by the administrative organ that produced the government information. Government information obtained by administrative organs from citizens, legal persons and other organizations shall be made public by the administrative organs that keep the government information; The government information of other administrative organs obtained by administrative organs shall be made public by the administrative organ that produced or originally obtained the government information. Where laws and regulations have other provisions on the authority of government information disclosure, those provisions shall prevail.
Where an institution or internal organization established by an administrative organ performs administrative functions in its own name in accordance with laws and regulations, the institution or internal organization may be responsible for disclosing government information related to the performance of administrative functions.
The government information produced by more than two administrative organs is made public by the administrative organ that leads the production.
Eleventh administrative organs should establish and improve the coordination mechanism of government information disclosure. If the disclosure of government information by an administrative organ involves other organs, it shall be confirmed through consultation with the relevant organs to ensure the accuracy and consistency of the government information disclosed by the administrative organ.
If the administrative organ needs to approve the disclosure of government information in accordance with laws, administrative regulations and relevant provisions of the state, it shall make it public after approval.
Twelfth government information disclosure guidelines and government information disclosure catalogue compiled and published by administrative organs shall be updated in a timely manner.