政府行为中的新闻机制——试论中国的新闻发布制度

“新闻发布制度”是推行政务公开、信息透明、促进政府与新闻界之间沟通的重要途径,去年我国非典阻击战的胜利与全国人民恐慌的消除,与及时透明的新闻发布制度不无关系。与已经建立了较为完备的新闻发布制度的美国相比,我国的新闻发布制度无论在制度设计、法律基础方面,都存在较大差异,新闻发布制度在具有其优点的同时,也有其不适应社会不符合制度设计原意的方面。因此,重视建立和完善政府新闻发布制度的法律保障制度和监督制度,是我国建立健全透明的信息公开制度亟待解决的一大问题。

News Mechanism in the Government Activities--Analysis on the News Release System of China

The "News Release System" is an important approach to promote the publication of administrative affairs,transparence of government information and the communication between the government and the press.Compared with the US which has established a matured news release system,the system in China still has a long way to go in some aspects such as the design of the system and its legal basis.Thus,the most desiderated problem in the establishment of a sound and transparent system of information publication is to set and perfect the legal basis and supervision mechanism of the news release system.