SPECIAL TOPIC: Research on Users' Utilization Behavior of Open Government Data
Peng Chuanyu, Liu Yue
[Purpose/significance] Under the background of big data, the opening and sharing of government data has become an inevitable trend. As a "booster" in the process of open government data, policy plays a vital role. Research on the open government data policy of urban agglomerations in my country, and analyzing the characteristics and shortcomings of the open government data policy of urban agglomerations, can provide suggestions for improvement of the government data open policy of urban agglomerations, and promote the coordinated implementation of policies. [Method/process] The article constructed an analysis framework from the three dimensions of policy tools, policy objectives, and policy intensity. It used 23 Cheng Yu urban agglomeration government data open policies (218 detailed policy rules) as samples, and text-coded each policy. Statistically described the sample coding results. [Result/conclusion] The research results show that the structural characteristics of the open government data policy in Cheng Yu urban agglomeration are that command-type and incentive-type policy tools are used more, capacity-building and system change-type policy tools are less used; the policy objectives focused on the data level, just like opening and sharing of the government data and the application of big data, attention paid to the goal of smart government construction is not enough; the overall policy intensity is more consistent with the changes in open government data trends, but needs to be strengthened. Therefore, the open government data policies need to comprehensively use four policy tools, while coordinating the structure of policy objectives, strengthening policy, and promoting the system development of open government data.