Research on Local Digital Government in China's Public Health Crisis

Abstract

In 2003, atypical infectious virus pneumonia broke out in many provinces in China. Many provinces and cities were deeply affected, including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and nearly 37 countries and regions in the world. The government and even local governments at all levels across the country are facing severe tests of their ability to manage sudden and major public crises. At the beginning of 2020, the sudden emergence of new crown pneumonia put Wuhan, the place where the epidemic first broke out, the Hubei provincial government and local governments at all levels across the country once again subjected to severe tests. This sudden epidemic also brought us profound lessons and reflections. Nowadays, the form of crisis is no longer just a simple accident. This may become a normal state in our lives. Therefore, attaching importance to the management of public crises can be understood as normalized management faced by local governments in sustainable development. Although with the joint efforts of the people across the country, great progress has been made in the prevention and control of the epidemic, the spread of the epidemic across the country this time has exposed many problems in the public crisis management of local governments: imperfect legal systems, and a series of problems such as lack of awareness and imperfect early warning mechanism. Therefore, corresponding measures should be taken in time to improve the ability of local governments to respond to crises.