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Article: China Strictly Forbids Tourism at Public Expense
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 21, 1997
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The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) and the Ministry of Supervision have jointly
issued a circular demanding that leading cadres at all levels
strictly forbid tourism at public expense.
The circular called on leading personnel to take the lead in
carrying out the relevant rules drawn up by the CPC Central
Committee.
It stressed that serious abuses in this regard which cause a bad
public impression will be severely dealt with.
The circular cited the case of Inspector Wang Shuchun of the
Cotton and Flax Bureau of the All-China Federation of Supply and
Marketing Cooperatives (an official at departmental director level).
In late July 1996 Wang ...