Parking fees short in Beijing

Report says unregulated collection companies may not be handing over money as required

Parking fee collection in Beijing is coming up short, according to a report in Beijing News on Monday.

Official figures for the annual parking fees collected for parking spaces on the roadsides in Beijing are only available for 2009 and 2010. Total fees collected for the two years were less than 60 million yuan ($9.6 million).