A Keynote Speech at The 3rd High-Level Forum on E-Government and City Informatization

Distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, as you all are aware, the impact of information and communications technology on our lives is enormous and pervasive. In particular, e-government has now become the most important and popular application domain of modern information technologies and has attracted the attention and concern of both developed and developing countries. According to UNESCO, among the member countries of the United Nations responded to the survey, 89% are taking actions towards developing an e-government. In fact, e-government has been put on the political agenda of all the industrial countries. In this significant domain, tremendous efforts are being made by the public and private sectors and citizens, ranging from pursuing more efficient and effective public administration and management, more accessible and quality government information for the public, better delivering public services, to putting government business transactions online and building partnerships for interactive and participative governance.