Chen Lanjie, Zhao Yuanchen
[Purpose/significance]Through the analysis of open government data policy, it can provide reference for the central government and provincial government to issue and improve open government data policy. [Method/process]Using the text content analysis method and NVivo 12 qualitative analysis software, this paper analyzes the data policies of 31 provinces in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and uses the Laswell policy tool theory to investigate the key points and shortcomings of the current open government data policies. [Result/conclusion]At present, the content of open government data policy in each province covers a wide range, basically covering the work planning involved in open government data, but it is still in the exploration stage as a whole, and there are still some problems such as the incomplete open government data policy system, the poor synergy effect within the government, and the imbalance in the use of policy tools. It is still necessary to improve the open government data policy system in China from the aspects of strengthening the balanced formulation of the overall policy tools, giving full play to the basic guarantee effect of the supply-oriented policy tools, improving the external influence of the environmental policy tools, and introducing specialized open government data policies.