Abstract: Local governments response to internetbased public supervision is basically pragmatic. From the perspective of governance transformation， the political implication of pragmatic response is mutual discipline which benefits both the government and the public. However， it is transitional by nature， and whether this sort of practice can survive and work well depends on the reforms of macro institutional supplies， based on which pragmatic response might slip into political opportunism and escapism lingering between institutional indifference and selected response to single cases， or upgrade itself from the stability holding type to the interestdriven type and from pragmatic selected response to systematic institutional response.

Key words: Internetbased public supervision, local government, pragmatic response, political implication, institutional source