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 BEIJING (AP) - China's secretive communist government said Tuesday it has approved rules boosting official transparency but added that state secrets have to be safeguarded and social stability preserved.
The decree signed by Premier Wen Jiabao ordered government bodies to be more open in giving out information, according to the State Council, or Cabinet.
The official Xinhua News Agency called the rules a "milestone" and said they "are likely to become the country's most specific and progressive rules encouraging the publicity of government information when they take effect on May 1, 2008."
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