China encourages its members to set up blogs

Nearly 20 officials in an eastern Chinese city set up their own blog after being encouraged by the local Party Committee Secretary.

Source: AFP According to the Beijing News, during a recent meeting, Mr. Zhang Xinshi, Party Secretary of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, urged department leaders to set up their own blogs. " It will be where people can discuss, monitor, check the local situation, " he said.

" On the other hand, the blog will become a transparent and effective information channel between the Party and the public ."

In his blog, Secretary Zhang carefully described his activities locally. However, in the first time, visitors to the blog cannot post comments (comments) immediately because of technical errors.

Currently, China is the country with the highest number of Internet users in the world and the Internet is determined by this government to be an effective tool for national economic development.

Trong Cam