Chapter X The Overview of Government Application On February 19, 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized, “We must adapt ourselves to the trend of differentiated and audience-oriented communication to speed up the establishment of a new pattern of public opinion guidance. We must promote the integration of new and traditional media by taking the initiative to make full use of new media’s edge” at a CPC news and public opinions symposium. Therefore, making good use of new technologies and platforms is essential for disseminating government information of Party and government organs at all levels. Currently, e-government platforms include government websites with the suffix “.gov.cn”, government Apps, Weibos and WeChat official accounts, and Zhengwutoutiao, which serve as important platforms for Party and government organs to publish authoritative information and respond to public concerns. Up to December 2016, 239 million people or 32.7% of all netizens received e-government services. There are 53,546 domain names with the suffix “.gov.cn”, 164,522 government Weibos, and 34,083 Zhengwutoutiaos. The concept of “WeChat, Weibo and news Apps” was presented for the first time by the Cyberspace Administration of China at the experience sharing meeting on the development of new e-government media in February 2015. In August 2016, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Effective Response to Public Opinions in Open Government Work, requiring that all local departments should adapt to the trend of audience-oriented communication, further improve the proportion of departments owning their “WeChat, Weibo and news Apps”, make full use of new media featuring exchanges on an equal footing, interaction and communication and of the interaction function of government websites, and improve the access rate of response information. Therefore, this section will reflect the development of mobile e-government Apps in 2016 by integrating the data from the statistical survey on netizens with the data from information clients, government Weibos and other enterprise platforms. The 39th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China 8989