| Country | Promulgation time | The highest order law | Main content |
| China | 2008 | People’s Republic of China Government Information Disclosure Bill | It marks that China’s government information disclosure has stepped into an era of “law to follow”. |
| American | 1966 | Freedom of Information Act | It establishes the government’s obligation to disclose information. Under the guidance of “disclosure as the principle, non-disclosure as the exception”, everyone living in the United States has equal access to all types of information held by the government, except in cases where disclosure is explicitly stipulated. |
| UK | 2000 | Freedom of Information Act | It provides public “access” to information held by regulatory authorities and gives citizens the legal right to know whether certain government information exists and to obtain it. |
| South Korea | 1996 | Access to Information Act | It empowers every national with the right to request information disclosure. |
| Japan | 1999 | Access to Information Act | It mainly makes the rule about the disclosure of administrative documents, appeals against, consultation, information disclosure review board, the procedure of review board investigation meeting and special cases of litigation jurisdiction. |