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China is to survey all levels of government websites, clearing up dormant sites and making the existing sites "more pragmatic". The census will continue till December in order to "learn the general situation of e-government".

The survey will cover websites at all levels of government, ministries, subordinate departments and institutions across the country. It will determine whether the websites are useful, regularly updated and whether questions raised by the public via the sites have been dealt with appropriately.

Results of the survey will be made public when it is completed. China's e-government developed rapidly since the central government website "gov.cn" went online in 2006. Transparency has since become a major yardstick assessing government’s work.

dormant adj. 休眠的，静止的 dormant websites特指常年缺乏维护及更新、有跟没有一个样的网站。

e-government n. 电子政府，电子政务 即在政府内部采用电子化和自动化技术的基础上，利用现代信息技术和网络技术，建立起网络化的政府信息系统，并利用这个系统为政府机构、社会组织和公民提供方便、高效的政府服务和政务信息。该词为electronic government的缩写，也称Internet government、digital government或online government。

pragmatic adj. 实际的，务实的，实用主义的

subordinate adj. 级别或职位较低的，下级的

via prep. 通过，经过 跟through是同义词，一般可以互换。
例句：
If you find it difficult to express your feelings to her in person, maybe you can do it via/through a poem. （如果你觉得当面告诉她你的感受有困难，也许你可以通过诗词来传情达意。）

have/has since … 等于have/has … since then，从那以后就… 中国学生往往只熟悉since then的用法，其实把then去掉，并将since提前的句式在英语里十分普遍。
例句：
She bought a Michael Jackson cassette tape 30 years ago, and has since remained a loyal fan. （她三十年前买了一盘迈克尔•杰克逊的磁带，从此之后就一直是他的铁杆歌迷。 and has since remained a loyal fan = and has remained a loyal fan since then = and has remained a loyal fan ever since）

yardstick n. 尺度，标准