utilization of the fledgling OGI system bodes well for the continued,if uneven,development of a more open and responsive Chinese government and realization of the Chinese people's right to know. Notes 1.See,e.g.,Owen Fletcher,"China's Transparency is Just Thin Air,"Asia Times,September 12, 2008,at:http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JI12Ad01.html. 2.Sheng Dalin,"China's sham information disclosure law,"UPI Asia.com,April 30,2009,at: http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/04/30/chinas sham information disclosure law/7220/. 3.Alex Wang,"China's Supreme People's Court to Release Judicial Interpretation on Open Government Information This Year"[citing a Chinese article in Caijing magazine],April 30, 2009,at:http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog/?p=1138 4.Peking University Center on Public Participation Studies and Supports,Annual Watch Report on China's Administrative Transparency-2008[中国行政透明度观察报告-2008年度](copy on file with the author);"Beijing Ranks 11th in Information Disclosure Survey,"China Daily, May12,2009. 5.See,Jamie P.Horsley,"China Adopts First Nationwide Open Government Information Regulations,"on Freedominfo.org,posted May 9,2007 at http://www.freedominfo.org/features/20070509.htm. 6.Su Yongtong,.《独家披露：漳州PX环评批复书》[Exclusive:Zhangzhou PX Environmental Approval Document],February 22,2009,South China Weekend News,at http://www.infzm.com/content/24173 7.See,Congressional-Executive Commission on China(CECC),"SEPA Issues Measures on Open Environmental Information,at: http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=101942,with an English translation of the Measures prepared by the CECC at: http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=95188. 8.See,e.g.,Joan Hu,"One Year of Openness:Greenlaw and the First Anniversary of China's Open Information Regulations,"May 4,2009,http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog/?p=1154 9."The China Pollution Information Transparency Index,2008 First Annual Assessment Results for 113 Cities;Breaking the Ice on Environmental Open Information,"June 3,2009,at: http://www.ipe.org.cn/uploadFiles/2009-08/1251342198040.pdf. freedominfo.org 4-23-2010 Page 8freedominfo.org     4‐23‐2010  Page 8  utilization of the fledgling OGI system bodes well for the continued, if uneven, development of a more open and responsive Chinese government and realization of the Chinese people’s right to know. Notes 1. See, e.g., Owen Fletcher, “China’s Transparency is Just Thin Air,” Asia Times, September 12, 2008, at: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JI12Ad01.html. 2. Sheng Dalin, “China’s sham information disclosure law,” UPI Asia.com, April 30, 2009, at: http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/04/30/chinas_sham_information_disclosure_law/7220/. 3. Alex Wang, “China’s Supreme People’s Court to Release Judicial Interpretation on Open Government Information This Year” [citing a Chinese article in Caijing magazine], April 30, 2009, at: http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog/?p=1138. 4. Peking University Center on Public Participation Studies and Supports, Annual Watch Report on China’s Administrative Transparency – 2008 [中国行政透明度观察报告-2008 年度] (copy on file with the author); “Beijing Ranks 11th in Information Disclosure Survey,” China Daily, May 12, 2009. 5. See, Jamie P. Horsley, “China Adopts First Nationwide Open Government Information Regulations,” on Freedominfo.org, posted May 9, 2007 at http://www.freedominfo.org/features/20070509.htm. 6. Su Yongtong, 《独家披露：漳州 PX 环评批复书》 [Exclusive: Zhangzhou PX Environmental Approval Document], February 22, 2009, South China Weekend News, at http://www.infzm.com/content/24173. 7. See, Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), “SEPA Issues Measures on Open Environmental Information, at: http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=101942, with an English translation of the Measures prepared by the CECC at: http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=95188. 8. See, e.g., Joan Hu, “One Year of Openness: Greenlaw and the First Anniversary of China’s Open Information Regulations,” May 4, 2009, http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog/?p=1154. 9. “The China Pollution Information Transparency Index, 2008 First Annual Assessment Results for 113 Cities; Breaking the Ice on Environmental Open Information,” June 3, 2009, at: http://www.ipe.org.cn/uploadFiles/2009-08/1251342198040.pdf