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There are calls to improve the use of public parking lots in large cities, amid complaints about the management and allocation of parking fees. Read the story on page 3.

"My boss rents parking lots from the Xiaoguan subdistrict office, at 15 yuan a year for each lot. But he charges car owners more than 1,800 yuan each. The authorities should be responsible for curbing prices."

Wu Xiongcai, a parking fee collector in Beijing's Chaoyang district