Party prepares to standardize officials' benefits
By Li Qian |
June 27, 2013, Thursday
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THE Communist Party of China will work to prevent officials from enjoying excessive benefits by standardizing job entitlements.
Governments at all levels were urged to standardize officials' entitlement to offices, housing, cars, secretaries, public receptions, guards, social welfare and vacations to ensure fairness, according to a conference held by the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee that ended on Tuesday.
Currently, each ministerial-level official is allocated a car priced at no more than 450,000 yuan (US$73,215). If they work for central authorities and live in Beijing, each of them is entitled to a house up to 220 square meters and office area up to 54 square meters, according to rules. Lower ranking officials are entitled to cheaper cars and smaller space for living and work, which depends on their levels respectively.
Attendees at the conference specified ways to revamp Party members' work styles. They included controlling expenditures on official overseas visits, public vehicles and official receptions, as well as preventing officials from extorting bribes and accepting membership or prepaid cards.
Excessive official spending and rampant bribe taking have made headlines along with a string of muckraking cases and state-owned enterprises wasting funds. In one case, state-owned Sinopec purchased a chandelier for tens of millions of yuan.
Since the end of last year, many central agencies and provincial governments have taken positive steps to follow Party General Secretary Xi Jinping's call in December to switch car purchases to domestic brands, which are usually cheaper than vehicles made by foreign automakers.
Last week, Foreign Minister Wang Yi was seen using a Red Flag H7 sedan, a newly developed model by First Automobile Works Group Corp, as his official car.
According to FAW, the Red Flag H7 has received more than 1,000 orders from governments nationwide. The once legendary brand used to serve top state leaders and visiting foreign dignitaries.
Governments at all levels were urged to standardize officials' entitlement to offices, housing, cars, secretaries, public receptions, guards, social welfare and vacations to ensure fairness, according to a conference held by the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee that ended on Tuesday.
Currently, each ministerial-level official is allocated a car priced at no more than 450,000 yuan (US$73,215). If they work for central authorities and live in Beijing, each of them is entitled to a house up to 220 square meters and office area up to 54 square meters, according to rules. Lower ranking officials are entitled to cheaper cars and smaller space for living and work, which depends on their levels respectively.
Attendees at the conference specified ways to revamp Party members' work styles. They included controlling expenditures on official overseas visits, public vehicles and official receptions, as well as preventing officials from extorting bribes and accepting membership or prepaid cards.
Excessive official spending and rampant bribe taking have made headlines along with a string of muckraking cases and state-owned enterprises wasting funds. In one case, state-owned Sinopec purchased a chandelier for tens of millions of yuan.
Since the end of last year, many central agencies and provincial governments have taken positive steps to follow Party General Secretary Xi Jinping's call in December to switch car purchases to domestic brands, which are usually cheaper than vehicles made by foreign automakers.
Last week, Foreign Minister Wang Yi was seen using a Red Flag H7 sedan, a newly developed model by First Automobile Works Group Corp, as his official car.
According to FAW, the Red Flag H7 has received more than 1,000 orders from governments nationwide. The once legendary brand used to serve top state leaders and visiting foreign dignitaries.
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