Study on Relationships between Government Integrity and Digital Records Management: A Chinese Case

摘要

As one of new movements in China, government integrity plays an indispensable role in building a trustworthy government. China's national policy - Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening the Government Integrity Construction stipulated the specific requirements and indicates an obvious tie between records and government integrity. This research aims at exploring the relationship between government integrity and digital records management by analyzing related policies collected from national level and provincial level, with an analytical framework constructed by the Records-Centered Digital Information Management Theory and Mechanisms (DI {R} Mtm). The finding shows that though records are generated, received, transmitted and used in almost every activity in constructing government integrity, records management is absent in supporting its general and specific goals. This research is expected to be informative to policymakers with respect to digital records management in constructing government integrity.