‘Phantom staff’ removed from payroll
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A TOTAL of 162,629 “phantom staff” on the government payroll have been removed since China’s campaign targeting corruption and bureaucracy was launched last year.
North China’s Hebei Province saw the largest number of such officials, with 55,793 found to be getting paid even though they never worked, yesterday’s People’s Daily reported.
Sichuan Province in the southwest removed 28,466 such ghost staff and another 15,022 were exposed in central China’s Henan.
No such official employees have been uncovered in Shanghai and Tibet, said the report, adding that 531 redundant people were found in Beijing and 327 of them were removed.
According to the report, China also scrapped 114,418 vehicles for use in regular government affairs and keep only those for special services, in an effort to cut spending amid mounting public complaints over the misuse of public money.
The campaign was launched in a bid to improve the flagging relationship between Party officials and the general public.
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