Compared with the auto brand names on the list for government procurement in 2008, more domestic brands are on the list this year.

It is also reported that standards are being redefined for government-used cars, increasing the proportion of fuel-efficient and homemade cars. On this matter, the government appears to be moving in the right direction.

While the government has made the right move on both counts, that is not enough as a satisfactory answer to what is uppermost in the public mind. Since they as taxpayers have the right to know how their money is spent, the general public wants to know why billions of yuan have to be spent on cars for government use every year.