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在很长一段历史时间内,信息公开与民主制度并无关联,因为“精英民主”模式通常与保密文化密切相关,它既不鼓励公民参与,也不希望公民知悉政府的信息。直到参与式民主在近几十年取得主流话语权,信息公开才与公共参与一道成为民主制度不可或缺的组成部分。中国《政府信息公开条例》的实施,不仅有利于国家治理模式的转变,而且未来必将有助于民主的发展。
For a long period of time, there was no connection between the openness of information and the democratic system because the model of “elite democracy” is usually closely related to the culture of confidentiality. It neither encourages citizens to participate in nor does it want citizens to know the government’s message. Until participatory democracy gains mainstream discourse in recent decades, openness of information, together with public participation, has become an indispensable component of a democratic system. The implementation of China’s “Regulations Governing the Openness of Government Information” not only contributes to the transformation of the mode of state administration, but will surely contribute to the development of democracy in the future.