Advancing digital government: Opportunities and prospects
https://doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2024-11-1423-1432
Abstract
Aim. The work aimed to determine the prospects for the development of digital government amid ongoing digital technological advancements.
Objectives. The work seeks to identify general trends in digital government development, determine existing support strategies in the process of its development, and reveal the achievements and challenges of digital government development in China.
Methods. The study employed statistical data analysis, comparative analysis, deduction, induction, and causal analysis.
Results. The work traces the trends in digital government development worldwide, including program documents and data summaries. The current situation of digital government development in China is analyzed, with key problems identified. The author emphasizes the need for digital transformation of public administration.
Conclusions. The article presents the opportunities for digital government development based on solving the identified problems. These include legal and institutional contradictions and limitations, low levels of synergy and cooperation between government agencies, and insufficient technological development and use of resources containing user data.
About the Author
Kunliang Zhao
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Zhao Kunliang - postgraduate student
1 Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991
Competing Interests:
the author declares no conflict of interest
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