Xiamen in East China's Fujian province has stepped up the development of smart government. [Photo/VCG]

Xiamen in East China's Fujian province ranked among the best in the country in terms of digital government services on an assessment released at a news conference held in Beijing on Dec 6.

The conference was hosted by the China Software Testing Center and revolved around developing a smart government and modernizing government affairs. The annual assessment took into account a city's level of digital government services and its innovative development. Things such as government portal websites and government media were evaluated.

In recent years, Xiamen has been beefing up efforts to improve internet-plus government affairs and promote the development of information and data sharing services. The government launched the "iXiamen" app to allow people and enterprises to deal with government-related affairs more easily.