On February 11, 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged strict budget management of all government income and payment records while calling on auditors to thoroughly probe violations. Li made the remarks the same day during a meeting of the State Council, or China's cabinet, on promoting clean-handed government work and mapping out this year's anti-graft plans.
Calling for strict management and supervision of public funds, Li stressed that all income and spending records must be included in the government budget management. “A strict accounting system should be enforced as a ‘safety lock’ for public funds, and auditing and supervision should be imposed on all public funds, state-owned properties and state-owned resources," Li said. Li called on auditors and supervisors to be "brave enough to crack the hard nuts" and investigate violation cases "deeply, thoroughly and concretely."
To implement this year’s anti-graft plans, Li produced six specific requests. The first request is to carry out the on-going regulations and rules such as hammering against patchy action on government buildings, head counts and conferences.
The second request is to simplify and/or cut down administrative approval and licensing process.
The third one is to build up some fundamental designs on such as project bidding and tendering, governmental procurements, letting-out of the State-owned land use right or mining rights.
The fourth one is to strengthen the budget management and supervision to the effect that a “safety lock” is applied for public funds.
The fifty one is to make the governmental administration transparent. All of the appropriations of funds and the expenditures must be publicized.
The sixth request is to implement implementation measures so that all of the administrative orders could be carried out.
It remains to see how the requests could be implemented effectively.
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