Public purse to be better protected

China's top auditor has pledged tougher measures to crack down on public money being wasted.

Auditor-General of the National Audit Office Li Jinhua said China would launch a "consuming standard" for officials and the State Council was now looking at tougher regulations on how to audit the public purse more effectively.

"Checking on the losses and wasting of national finance funds, state assets and resources will be one of our work priorities in the future," Li said on the sidelines of the ongoing Fifth Session of 10th National People's Congress.