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By Wang Xiang |
June 23, 2010, Wednesday
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CHINA'S anti-corruption authority is seeking public suggestions on how to curb junkets for officials, the first time policy makers have sought opinions from Internet users on the matter.
The National Bureau of Corruption Prevention put the questionnaire on its Website (www.nbcp.gov.cn) yesterday. It will be there for one month soliciting people's suggestions, which will be considered in forming anti-corruption policy.
Lavish "business" trips for Chinese officials have long been criticized but junkets were still a common perk for Chinese officials, Xinhua news agency reported today.
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned government officials to lead austere lives this March after several extravagant official business trips came to light.
The latest scandal came last year when six court officials in south China's Guangzhou City were revealed to have gone for a two-week luxury trip to Turkey, Egypt, and South Africa, spending 80,000 yuan (US$11,746) each on expenses.
The junket also includes a stop in Dubai. Similar travel packages were sold at less than 20,000 yuan. But the Guangzhou maritime court insisted that the spending was normal and within budget.
Twenty-three officials from Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province were also punished in late 2008 after an Internet user posted their itinerary for a business trip to the United States and Canada.
They spent over 650,000 yuan to visit Niagara Falls, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.
China reportedly spends over 900 billion yuan in taxpayers' money on official business trips, government cars, and banquets every year. In contrast, China's education budget in 2010 was 61 billion yuan.
The National Bureau of Corruption Prevention put the questionnaire on its Website (www.nbcp.gov.cn) yesterday. It will be there for one month soliciting people's suggestions, which will be considered in forming anti-corruption policy.
Lavish "business" trips for Chinese officials have long been criticized but junkets were still a common perk for Chinese officials, Xinhua news agency reported today.
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao warned government officials to lead austere lives this March after several extravagant official business trips came to light.
The latest scandal came last year when six court officials in south China's Guangzhou City were revealed to have gone for a two-week luxury trip to Turkey, Egypt, and South Africa, spending 80,000 yuan (US$11,746) each on expenses.
The junket also includes a stop in Dubai. Similar travel packages were sold at less than 20,000 yuan. But the Guangzhou maritime court insisted that the spending was normal and within budget.
Twenty-three officials from Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province were also punished in late 2008 after an Internet user posted their itinerary for a business trip to the United States and Canada.
They spent over 650,000 yuan to visit Niagara Falls, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.
China reportedly spends over 900 billion yuan in taxpayers' money on official business trips, government cars, and banquets every year. In contrast, China's education budget in 2010 was 61 billion yuan.
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