Explanation of the Government Information and Government Affairs Disclosure Office of the General Office of the State Council on issues related to the subject of reply to the application for government information disclosure

Explanation of the Office of Government Information and Government Affairs Disclosure of the General Office of the State Council on Issues Related to the Subject of the Reply to the Application for Government Information Disclosure by the State Council Disclosure Letter [2014] No. 67 General Office of the People’s Government of Hebei Province: “Request for Instructions on Issues Related to the Disclosure of Land Acquisition Approval Information in accordance with Application” has been received.

After studying and soliciting written opinions from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, the reply is as follows: According to the provisions of the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Government Information Disclosure, the department that receives the application for information disclosure shall respond to the applicant within the legal time limit. reply.

Where the applicant submits an application to the general office of the provincial government, the general office of the provincial government shall make a reply according to law. In 2011, the reply method determined by the Provincial Legislative Affairs Office and the Provincial Supreme People’s Court, that is, the General Office of the Provincial Government informed the applicant in writing within the statutory time limit, and the Provincial Department of Land and Resources replied to the applicant within the statutory time limit, legally speaking, it can be regarded as that the General Office of the Provincial Government entrusted the Provincial Department of Land and Resources to reply within the statutory time limit, and informed the applicant of this entrusted behavior.This handling method does not violate the provisions of the “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Disclosure of Government Information,” but its legal consequences are still borne by the General Office of the Provincial Government. If the General Office of the Provincial Government does not respond to the applicant’s application on the grounds that land acquisition approval information is specifically produced and stored by the Provincial Department of Land and Resources, or informs the applicant that he should apply separately to the Provincial Department of Land and Resources, there is still no legal basis.

Government Information and Government Affairs Disclosure Office of the General Office of the State Council September 3, 2014