Chinese government websites dataset

Dataset of all Chinese government websites in operation as of late 2025 (.csv file format), retrieved from China's official database of government websites. Metadata provided: id (as provided by data source) name: Name of the website url: Url to the website unit: Unit responsible for the website status: Status (as provided by the official database): 例外 (exception) or 正常 (normal). province: location of the website on a provincial level (null if not applicable) prefecture: location of the website on a prefecture level (null if not applicable) county: location of the website on a county level (null if not applicable) admin_level: Administrative level of website, national, departmental (i.e., departments of ministries), province, prefecture, or county To use, please cite: Vincent Brussee, Conceptualizing the reverse great firewall: cybersecurity and the logics of government geo-blocking in China, Journal of Cybersecurity, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2026, tyag005, https://doi.org/10.1093/cybsec/tyag005