Officials' numbers made public

TAIYUAN - Disciplinary authorities in North China's Shanxi province published the mobile phone numbers and e-mail addresses of 260 senior officials in local newspapers to increase public supervision during the ongoing elections.

But many of the published numbers could not be connected, leading to doubts of the measure's effectiveness.

The numbers released on Monday include contact information for local Communist Party of China discipline inspection commission secretaries and organization department directors at city, county and district levels.