Public gets peek at spending

BEIJING - Beijing municipal government departments published details of their spending on overseas trips, official vehicles and receptions online on Monday.

Thirty-three of the 44 government departments made public details of their spending on their websites on Monday as required.

According to Meng Jingwei, a spokesman for Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance, the departments were all supposed to give details of their spending on a unified form that specifies not just the amount but also the explanation for the expenditure.