Overseas journalists were told that their queries would be answered within 24 hours as part of a new "zero refusal" policy.
But when the BBC fired off 10 questions to various departments, we were met with the traditional silence from Chinese officialdom.
Several departments failed to answer our questions, some sent us elsewhere and others gave excuses.
'No electricity'
Earlier this month Guo Weimin, an official at the government's State Council Information Office, said questions would be answered within a day.
"It doesn't mean all applications will be accepted, but we have to tell the media how we handled it so they can understand," he told the China Daily newspaper.
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