Readiness Assessment of Open Government Data Programs: A Case of Shenzhen

More and more cities in China are implementing various open government data initiatives for improving their governance. Little research, however, has been done in evaluating the readiness of individual governments in pursuing such initiatives. This paper presents a case study of the readiness assessment on the adoption of open data programs in Shenzhen based on the open data readiness assessment framework of the World Bank. The result shows that there are several issues including developing an action plan, providing privacy and ownership solutions, designating a unified administration, and implementing consistent data management policies and standards that need to be adequately addressed for the effective adoption of the open data program in the city.