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"The cost of living differs among cities in different regions. The government should take into consideration the local conditions while working on the standard of travel expenses. For example, the price of vegetables in Lhasa is surely higher than they are in Beijing, as the cost of transportation is added."

LIU SHANGXI, deputy director of Research Institute for Fiscal Science of the Ministry of Finance, talked about the travel expense standards released by several provincial financial departments in a Beijing Youth Daily report.