Transparency supreme

Against hundreds of lobbyists from local governments for a share of the $586 billion central government stimulus package, he is too lonely.

But compared with their investment plans, his appeal for transparency of the entire process of how decisions are made for investment in every single project makes more sense in the interest of the public.

Yan Yiming, a lawyer from Shanghai, traveled alone to Beijing in January to submit his application to the Ministry of Finance and the National Development and Reform Commission.