Actions required after audits

In a recent audit report submitted by the National Audit Office to the top legislature on the implementation of last year's central budget, more than 600 clues of major law and discipline violations were disclosed, involving 7,900 units and 1,110 public servants.

In its report, the National Audit Office revealed a series of clues of corruption and other malpractices in the use of national funds earmarked for poverty alleviation and pointed out institutional loopholes in the process. The audit findings have prompted local governments to take corresponding rectification measures to reform and improve the policies and measures they have adopted for poverty alleviation.

Given that this year's audit report is the first one conducted by the National Audit Office under Hu Zejun, its new auditor-general, it has drawn much public attention. Hu's predecessors launched continuous audit storms during their tenures, winning a lot of praise from the public. For example, the audit of some high-speed rail projects conducted by the National Audit Office under the helm of former auditor-general Liu Jiayi exposed the corruption of the former minister of what was then the Ministry of Railways and finally led to his downfall.