Shanghai's municipal government has vowed greater transparency and accountability in considering the public's views, local media have reported.
Mayor Han Zheng said the city would step up efforts to solicit 'orderly public participation' in decision-making on 'important policy issues'.
Mr Han said on Wednesday that greater public participation could be effective in curbing 'abuses of power by certain segments', the Xinmin Evening News reported.
'Open information is in itself a form of supervision, and also a form of motivation,' Mr Han said, adding that he planned to strengthen the city government's transparency, including in its audits.
'In the future, how do we broaden the public's orderly participation? What steps do we need to take? This is the crux of what we need to explore.'
Transparency and accountability have become the new mantra of Mr Han's administration in a city rocked in recent years by numerous corruption scandals.
Mr Han pointed to earthquake-reconstruction funds the city sent to Dujiangyan, Sichuan, with the public needing an account of how every yuan was being spent.