District civil servants' finances made public

While officials at or above a certain level in China are required to report their personal incomes every year, a district in Xuzhou of Jiangsu province went one step further and made the declarations public.

According to the local government of Xuzhou's Jiawang district, the 600 officials at section head level and higher are obliged to declare their personal assets, including real estate, savings and investments, and those of their spouses and children.

All the information has been uploaded to the local government's official website, which is available to the public.