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'Obey the law,' officials told
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September 20, 2010, Monday
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CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao has urged officials to obey the law and fight corruption in an effort to further the political reform he says is necessary for the country's success.
"Without political system reform, reforms in the economic system and other fields and even the modernization drive will not be successful," Wen said at a national meeting on lawful administration.
The meeting was held on August 27 but Wen's speech was only made public yesterday.
Wen warned against allowing corruption to breed in the government.
"In a peaceful time, corruption is the greatest danger for a ruling party, and the basic reason for corruption is that powers are not properly supervised and restricted," he said.
The premier said governing according to the rule of law is key to combating corruption.
He also said that the government will ensure more transparent official budgets from this year. "Governments should be required to include all their revenue and spending in the budget report," Wen said.
All governments in China are required to submit their budget reports to the appropriate people's congress for review and approval.
It has been common for local governments to record more revenue than budgeted, and the surplus is not supervised by people's congresses, according to Gao Qiang, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.
The so-called "extra-budgetary funds" include revenues to local governments from land deals.
The governments should release information about all public spending, spending on infrastructure, the administrative expenses budget and its implementation, Wen said. He promised that all government information would be made public promptly, precisely and in detail.
"Without political system reform, reforms in the economic system and other fields and even the modernization drive will not be successful," Wen said at a national meeting on lawful administration.
The meeting was held on August 27 but Wen's speech was only made public yesterday.
Wen warned against allowing corruption to breed in the government.
"In a peaceful time, corruption is the greatest danger for a ruling party, and the basic reason for corruption is that powers are not properly supervised and restricted," he said.
The premier said governing according to the rule of law is key to combating corruption.
He also said that the government will ensure more transparent official budgets from this year. "Governments should be required to include all their revenue and spending in the budget report," Wen said.
All governments in China are required to submit their budget reports to the appropriate people's congress for review and approval.
It has been common for local governments to record more revenue than budgeted, and the surplus is not supervised by people's congresses, according to Gao Qiang, vice chairman of the National People's Congress Financial and Economic Affairs Committee.
The so-called "extra-budgetary funds" include revenues to local governments from land deals.
The governments should release information about all public spending, spending on infrastructure, the administrative expenses budget and its implementation, Wen said. He promised that all government information would be made public promptly, precisely and in detail.
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