Administrative expenses in China highest in the world

时间：2007-04-06 03:11:15

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Chinanews, Beijing, Apr. 4 – China's administrative1 expenses are the highest in the world. From 1978 to 2003, China's fiscal2 revenues increased 29-fold, whereas administrative expenses grew by 88-fold. The central government has tried every means, from system design to moral education, in order to drag down the huge administrative costs, but in vain, the Legal Daily reported.

 

“China has made a relatively3 complete set of laws and regulations to handle the problem of large waste of public money. However, many of these laws are not strictly4 obeyed. If people had respected these laws, there wouldn't have been so much extravagance and waste,” an insider said recently.

 

Feng Pei'en, a CPPCC National Committee member, also cited statistics to illustrate5 the soaring administrative expenses. From 1986 to 2005, the amount of administrative expenses borne by every Chinese citizen increased 24-fold, while during the same time, Chinese GDP grew only 15.6-fold.

 

“The surging amount of public expenses is linked with huge waste of public money in some government departments,” he said.

 

According to a rough calculation, every year more than 100 billion yuan of public money is thrown away in feasting. The amount of money wasted in this way equals the construction cost of the Three Gorges6 project.

 

Even much more money is wasted in some “political career achievements projects” and in the construction of local government office buildings. It is revealed that in China, one-fifth of the construction projects in cities and towns are undertaken to show off officials' "political career achievements." In many places, local governments vie with each other in building luxury office buildings.

 

Statistics show that at present, China has several million cars for government use. About 200 billion yuan is spent every year in buying such cars. However, only one-third of them are really used for handling official duties. The cost of state-owned cars running per ten thousand kilometers is much higher than that of other cars.

 

Some people refer to the extravagance of public money as the “Chinese-style waste”.

 

When people spend public money, they are not to be bothered by money problem and they spend as much as they like, some people pointed7 out.

 
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1 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
2 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
3 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
4 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
参考例句：
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
5 illustrate IaRxw     
v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图
参考例句：
  • The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
  • This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。
6 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
7 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

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