Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Promotion of Informatization

Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Promotion of Informatization

Announcement of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Beijing Municipality No. 63

September 14, 2007

CONTENTS
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II CONSTRUCTION OF INFORMATIZATION PROJECTS
CHAPTER III EXPLOITATION AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
CHAPTER IV POPULARIZATION AND APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
CHAPTER V SAFEGUARD OF INFORMATION SECURITY
CHAPTER VI SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER VII LEGAL LIABILITIES
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
　
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and administrative regulations and by taking into account the particular situations of this Municipality for the purpose of standardizing the administration of informatization, speeding up the informatization construction, and promoting the economic development and social advancement.
　
Article 2 These Regulations shall be applicable to the construction of informatization projects, exploitation and utilization of information resources, popularization and application of information technologies, safeguard of information security and relevant administration activities in this Municipality.
　
Article 3 The informatization development in this Municipality shall follow such principles as integrated planning, share of resources, stressing actual results and ensuring security.
　
Article 4 The municipal, district and county people's governments shall include the informatization development work into their respective plans for national economic and social development, maintain a sound leadership and coordination mechanism of the informatization work, resolve the key problems in the informatization development work within their respective administrative regions in an integrated and coordinative way, and increase the input of fund into the informatization development. The township and town people's governments and sub-district offices shall promote the informatization development work within their respective administration regions.
　
Article 5 The competent municipal, district and county departments for informatization shall be responsible for the overall planning, organization, coordination, supervision and administration of the informatization development within their respective administration regions. The administrative departments for development and reform, finance, science and technologies, communications administration, quality and technology supervision, industry and commerce, public security, secret-guarding, and so on shall, according to the division of their duties, be responsible for the work related to the informatization development.
　
Article 6 The competent municipal department for informatization shall, together with other departments concerned and in accordance with the national informatization development planning and the plan of this Municipality for national economic and social development, make arrangements for working out the informatization development planning of this Municipality, which shall be promulgated for implementation after being submitted to and approved by the municipal people's government.
The competent district and county departments for informatization shall, together with other departments concerned and in accordance with the informatization development planning of this Municipality and by taking into account their respective particular situations, make arrangements for working out the informatization development planning of their respective administrative regions, which, upon examination by the competent municipal department for informatization, shall be promulgated for implementation after being submitted to and approved by the people's governments at the same level. The informatization development planning worked out by the State organs of this Municipality for their own departments, industries and sectors shall be in compliance with the informatization development planning of this Municipality.
　
Article 7 The competent municipal department for quality and technology supervision shall, together with the competent department for informatization and other departments concerned, fix and timely improve informatization standards in accordance with the trends and demands of informatization development and with their duties and authorities,.
All organizations and individuals shall implement the informatization standards of the Sate and this Municipality when engaging in such activities as the construction of informatization projects, development and utilization of information resources, popularization and application of information technologies and safeguard of information security.
The municipal, district and county departments for quality and technology supervision and informatization as well as other departments concerned shall supervise the implementation of the informatization standards.
　
Article 8 The municipal, district and county people's governments shall make preferential policies and measures to promote the innovation of modern information technologies and push forward the application of information technologies with self-owned intellectual property rights through such activities as government procurement, publicity and education, training and assessment.
The municipal, district and county people's governments shall commend the organizations and individuals who make outstanding contributions in the informatization work.
　
Article 9 This Municipality shall encourage the cultivation and bringing in of informatization talents, enhance the popularization of informatization knowledge and skills among citizens and improve their application ability of information technologies.
This Municipality shall establish and improve the basic curriculum system and popularize the education of information technologies in middle and primary schools.
The radio, TV, newspapers and websites shall be used to carry out the publicity and education of information science as well as its popularization.

CHATPER II CONSTRUCTION OF INFORMATIZATION PROJECTS
　
Article 10 Should the construction of an informatization project be subject to bidding and tendering, the process shall be gone through according to law and the supervision shall be exercised in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State and this Municipality; the construction of an informatization project with government investments shall comply with the provisions of such laws and regulations on government procurement.
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