Spending on ‘three publics’ is down 15%
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AMID an ongoing austerity drive, China’s once-lavish government spending on overseas travel, vehicles and entertainment was down almost 15 percent than budgeted last year, the Finance Ministry said yesterday.
Just 5.37 billion yuan (US$826 million) was spent in 2015 out of a budget of 6.31 billion, according to a report on the ministry’s website.
Although this year’s budget for the three items, known colloquially as the “three publics,” is only slightly lower, spending will continue to be tightly controlled, the report quoted a ministry spokesman as saying.
“The ‘three publics budget’ is only an upper spending limit. All departments must strictly control ‘three publics’ spending within the budget range and in conformity with all relevant management regulations,” the spokesman said.
The government has also ordered officials to cut back on banquets and other non-essentials, while the sweeping anti-corruption campaign has further reduced spending and abuses of privilege among officials.
The ministry said other factors, including changes in the international situation and a new policy restricting most new vehicle purchases to domestic brands, also held down spending.
The Communist Party’s top anti-graft body on Tuesday said 9,361 officials were reprimanded for violating austerity rules in the first three months this year.
Those punished were involved in 8,788 cases, the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on its website.
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