Digital information and communication technology (ICT) changes the information flows between society and government in China. There is, nevertheless, disagreement about whether the changes lead towards increased transparency and accountability, or if informal institutions stifle any move in that direction. Research shows how ICT enables citizen empowerment, on the one hand, but amplifies state surveillance and censorship, on the other. However, this debate does not address how ICT changes the way the state monitors itself, which is a key aspect in putting an end to government corruption and thereby enhancing regime legitimacy. This project examines how Chinese government uses digital ICT through processes of e-monitoring and citizen empowerment to ensure administrative transparency and accountability with the goal of reducing corruption. To answer this question, there is a need to disentangle the mechanisms through which ICT amplifies existing institutions, both formal and informal. It is anticipated that this study will open a field of research examining the role of ICT in the administration. The contribution of this would be to nuance the debate about how digital ICT is changing China’s public administration in its relation to citizens. It could thus be a constituent element in a large-scale project on ‘People’s Democracy in China’.