中国人大代表“网络问政”现象透析

Implications of the Chinese National People's Congress Deputies' Online Political Consultation

随着互联网时代的到来,中国人大代表的"网络问政"已成为一种普遍现象,他们利用各种电子信息产品与选民沟通、搜集和表达民意,在国家权力与公民权利之间试图形成信息对称局面,但也带来了对网络过分依赖而忽略实地调研、网上作秀敷衍民意、缺乏规范化的制度等一系列问题,鉴于此,有必要修订人民代表大会代表法,确立网络交流制度;改善代表结构,使之充分利用网络;构建多功能网络信息平台,提高人大代表的工作效率。

The internet age is witnessing a growing phenomenon of online political consultation practiced by deputies of the Chinese National People＇s Congress （NPC）. NPC deputies use a plethora of new information and communications technologies to communicate with voters and solicit public opinion with the attempt to achieve information symmetry between state power and citizens~ rights. The same practice, however, has also led to the over-reliance by NPC deputies upon internet technologies thus neglecting the importance of face-to-face contact and fieldwork. Meanwhile, there is a lack of policy and formal institu- tional response to online political consultation. It is therefore argued in this paper that the Law on People~ s Congress Deputies be revised with a view to stipulating the institutionalization of online political commu- nication and restructuring the representational relations by exploiting the potential of internet technolo- gies. It is also imperative that multi-function information network platforms are established to improve the efficiency of NPC deputies＇ work.