An auditing plan especially for Olympic construction shall come out in the
first half of 2007, said Li Jinhua, auditor-general of the National Audit Office
of China.
Auditing departments shall make efforts to check extravagance
and help channel government funds to effective use, said Li on the sidelines of
the ongoing annual session of China's parliament.
The Chinese government
has promised to host a "clean" Olympic Games. Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,
has vowed to step up anti-corruption efforts in the run-up to the Games.
Regarding the scandal of Liu Zhihua, former Beijing vice mayor who was
stripped of his post and ousted from the Communist Party last year for graft, Li
firmly denied any connection of Liu's case to Olympic projects.
Liu, 57,
was accused of taking bribes and keeping mistresses. He had been in charge of
overseeing construction, real estate, sports and traffic projects in the capital
after being elected to the post in 1999.
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