Money on officials' overseas trips totaled 1.95 billion yuan in 2012, 200 million yuan less than the budgeted figure, while 4.07 billion yuan was spent on vehicles, 281 million yuan less, and 1.41 billion yuan on receptions, 78 million yuan less, the report said.
Authorities are investigating morethan 630 people who allegedly committed economic crimes, the country's top auditor said Thursday.
Top auditor on Thursday warned that local governments must improve their debt management with the sharp increases in local debts.
Top auditor said Thursday that nearly 5.8 billion yuan (943 million U.S. dollars) in funds meant for low-incoming housing projects was embezzled last year.
Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun on Wednesday delivered a report to the country's legislature on the ministry's efforts to standardize police conduct over the last five years.
A delegation of the top legislature has finished inspecting how the country's Law on Renewable Energy is enforced in northwestern Gansu Province, a major producer and user of wind and solar power.
Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over the fifth meeting of the chairman and vice chairpersons of the 12th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 14, 2013.
The top legislature on Wednesday established an inspection team to oversee the implementation of the Law on Renewable Energy.Chen Changzhi, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the NPC, said at a Wednesday launch meeting that assessing the implementation is an important way for the committee to exercise supervision.