Comments() 
Print 
Mail 
Large Medium SmallCentral government departments spent 9.36 billion yuan ($1.47 billion) last year on overseas traveling, receptions and car purchases and maintenance, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.
It marks a reduction of 110 million yuan over the sum spent in 2010.
Among the total expenditure, money used for car purchases and maintenance made up nearly two-thirds of the whole cost, totaling 5.9 billion yuan.
The number was revealed in a report by the Ministry of Finance submitted to the top legislature for review on Wednesday.
Minister of Finance Xie Xuren did not reveal a breakdown of the numbers such as how many cars the government owns or other details regarding how the money was used.
The report also said the administrative cost for agencies under the central government and State-funded organizations reached nearly 90 billion yuan, an increase of 1.42 percent over 2010.
Modeling contest part of China-US exchange
Specially fertilized tea
Simulator to support A320neo commissioned
China's cultural sector sees steady growth in 2011
Travel chaos after snowstorm hits NE China
Inflation expected to rebound in November
Grain output grows for 9th consecutive year
White House-like buildings in E China cityCopyright 1995 - 2010 . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
