Under the newly implemented Freedom of Information Act, three Peking University's jurists have asked the Beijing municipal government to reveal the amount of money invested into the capital airport high way and toll charges collected from it in the past four years. Furthermore, they want to know the details of how the toll charges have been used. Now they've got the answer from the government on the first question, but the latter one. The jurists say they will continue consulting with the authorities until they get all the answers.

Let's have a look at what the media has to say.

The Beijing News carries an article saying Freedom of Information Act has gone into effect for nearly two months, some local governments are still unaware of it. It is crucial to implement it in real life. The three professors have made a good start. The article stresses that to build up service-oriented government, the first priority is to make information open up to the public.

One comment from the Workers' Daily mentions three reasons for the Beijing government's selective response. First, the Freedom of Information Act is too general to practice in reality. Second, some official departments usually collect money clandestinely. They are afraid of so called "troubles" coming with opening up. Thirdly, officials also make excuses and conceal such information, saying it's a matter of "state security".

An article in Xinhua.net calls on the government to take more efforts to release the information in the public domain. Departments that violate the Freedom of Information Act should be punished. It believes that the jurists from Peking University are fighting for a worthy cause which is aimed at promoting public monitoring of the government.