800m yuan discrepancy detected in rail projects
By Zha Minjie |
June 20, 2012, Wednesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
NINE railway projects in China have been found in which costs did not match invoices, or fake invoices were submitted, amounting to a discrepancy of about 800 million yuan, according to the state audit authorities.
The national audit office also found the railway ministry and the local governments "appropriated money slowly," which delayed railway construction.
Of the nine railway projects, four were supported by the World Bank Group, the other five by the Asian Development Bank, the report said.
The authorities are demanding changes to "improve the lax management, construction work and embezzlement, problems reflected in the report."
On a railway line from central China's Guizhou Province to southern Guangzhou City, some construction companies used fake invoices to the tune of more than 12.78 million yuan. Along the same line, the builders listed construction costs of more than 140 million yuan for which there were no invoices, said the report.
Illegal subcontracts were found to be common in the railway projects, according to the report.
Some construction changes started without approvals, said the audit authorities. Along the Nan'ning-Guangzhou line, construction began on nine sub-projects, worth more than 267 million yuan, after design changes but without the properly renewed approvals.
Problems of lax money management and corruption have been found in recent years with the country's railway boom and problems that led to the downfall of the former railways minister, Liu Zhijun.
The national audit office also found the railway ministry and the local governments "appropriated money slowly," which delayed railway construction.
Of the nine railway projects, four were supported by the World Bank Group, the other five by the Asian Development Bank, the report said.
The authorities are demanding changes to "improve the lax management, construction work and embezzlement, problems reflected in the report."
On a railway line from central China's Guizhou Province to southern Guangzhou City, some construction companies used fake invoices to the tune of more than 12.78 million yuan. Along the same line, the builders listed construction costs of more than 140 million yuan for which there were no invoices, said the report.
Illegal subcontracts were found to be common in the railway projects, according to the report.
Some construction changes started without approvals, said the audit authorities. Along the Nan'ning-Guangzhou line, construction began on nine sub-projects, worth more than 267 million yuan, after design changes but without the properly renewed approvals.
Problems of lax money management and corruption have been found in recent years with the country's railway boom and problems that led to the downfall of the former railways minister, Liu Zhijun.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
