The dog management office in Zhengzhou has received a storm of criticism for spending 7.3 million yuan ($1 million) in two years - money that came from charging license fees of dog owners - without providing more services to the public.

Since the office's founding in 2007, more than 18,000 dogs of an estimated 50,000 dogs were registered in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province.

Dog owners have to pay a license fee of 600 yuan and an annual fee of 200 yuan, creating an income of 13.3 million yuan for the office by September this year, according to statistics released from Zhengzhou Finance Bureau to Dahe Daily.