E-Government in Nanchang: Current Status and Issues

e-Government refers to the application of information and communication technology (ICT) by the government with the aim of exchanging information and services among different arms of government, and with its citizens and businesses. Through distributing questionnaire survey to departments of Nanchang municipal administration, the author sueveyed the status and issues of e-government in Nanchang city relating to network infrastructure, application systems, data sharing and information safety. The research findings show that the creative construction model let e-government in Nanchang having possession of a good network infrastructure. However, there were some issues that sharing information resources was not enough, most of systems were applied only inside the municipal departments, investment of operation and maintenance were too low and not reasonable investment structure and information safety measures had brought great hidden dangers in e-government. It is conclude that the level of Nanchang e-government is situated between stages of the enhanced and interactive. Finally as for the issues, the author put forwards some countermeasures to promote devement of e-government of Nanchang municipal administration.