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Shanghai to Open Expense Budget to Public

11-09 14:37 Caijing

Full article in Chinese: http://www.caijing.com.cn/2009-11-06/110305823.html

» Shanghai plans to make public its government expense budget, said the Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau on Nov. 5.
» The collection, distribution and application of special funds, revenue of administrative and institutional units, welfare lottery revenue and sports lottery revenue will all be open to the public, according to the plan.
» On Oct. 9, Li Detao, a volunteer public budget observer, asked financial bureaus in Shanghai for government expense budgets. The bureau officials said that information on the budget could not be publicized, which aroused public criticism.
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