Special funding undergoes audit

Money designated to improve people's livelihoods are common graft targets

Social sectors that are closely related with people's livelihoods have become a major target of this year's annual audit report as the country is progressing toward a moderately prosperous society by 2020.

The central government invested a total of 60 billion yuan ($8.78 billion) in special funds for poverty relief in 2016. The National Audit Office had visited 16,600 poverty-stricken families from 158 counties and audited the use of about 33.6 billion yuan of the funds, said Hu Zejun, auditor general of the National Audit Office.