A newspaper in Fujian province carried out a survey of government website in Fuzhou city and concluded that some are of very low efficiency.

The sites of Lianjiang, Minhou and Fuqing counties seldom publish government budget plans, the Southeast Express reported.

Gulou district’s website last updated labor market information in 2012 while a number of dead links were found in the “service” section on Taijiang district’s site and the query function concerning utility bills doesn’t work either, the newspaper said.

The survey came ahead of a nationwide census of government websites in a bid to clean up dormant ones and make the existing sites "more practical".

The census will continue until December to "learn the general situation of e-government" according to the State Council general office. Surveys will determine whether websites are useful, regularly updated and if questions raised by the public are dealt with appropriately. Results will be made public.

China's e-government has developed rapidly since the central government website (www.gov.cn) went online on Jan. 1, 2006. Transparency has become a major yardstick assessing government work.