Stricter rules for govt trips abroad

SHANGHAI: A public outcry has prompted Wenzhou authorities to tighten its rules on official government trips after some officials were found extending their period of stay or sightseeing while on business tours overseas.

The disciplinary department of Wenzhou said on the weekend that the quota for officials sent abroad every year on public duties will be reduced and the itineraries for the trips will be strictly scrutinized by a number of government agencies.

"Ordinary visits without a solid purpose and profitable results will be forbidden," the Metropolis Express quoted an official as having said. "Public-funded overseas tourism in the name of training should be eradicated," it added.