China clears up 6,373 dormant govt websites

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The government will either shut down the dormant websites, or urge them to improve through mergers or a revamp, concerned that inactive information disclosure may undermine government credibility, according to the People's Daily website.

According to initial results of the survey, there were a total of 85,737 government websites by July 27, including 3,226 from the central government.

The survey found that websites of the central government and provincial governments were well-managed in general. Websites of grassroots governments, especially those under the county level, still need much improvement.

The survey will continue till December.

China's e-government has developed rapidly since the central government website (www.gov.cn) officially went online on Jan. 1, 2006.