context: This piece embodies the technocratic view on improving governance: with better digital tools, government will be more effective and responsive to new challenges. Calling for breaking through institutional constraints, the commentary demonstrates high-level concern with fixing the currently fragmented employment of technology which has stymied improvements in efficiency; lack of standardisation and data compatibility has been a headache in building a better social grid and making effective, centralised decisions.
We must fully recognise intelligent governance as an inherent requirement of the New Era, says an essay in People's Daily, recommending to
- establish the concept of intelligent governance, speed up intelligent-isation to face new challenges created by technology
- improve digital services
- integrate and share government data
- break through current data constraints by building an integrated internal government information system and resource platform for sharing information
- strengthen and improve public services using new technologies and encourage governing bodies to use data according to the law
- solve imbalances in urban-rural data collection and sharing
- integrate and share government data
- build smart cities
- strengthen building of smart infrastructure
- promote connectivity of data in different fields
- improve efficiency of data use by integrating cloud computing, big data analysis and AI, and mining of 'data pools' to better enable real-time data updates
- explore new models of online governance
- explore implementation of Internet+ mass line, mobilise the active participation of the masses in governance
- adhere to the guidance of socialist core values and strengthen publicity
- encourage private volunteers and social organisations to participate in governance