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Article: Across China: BEIJING
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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No pop stars allowed
Local governments have been banned from splashing out on pop stars
to host State-funded ceremonies in an effort to help combat graft,
Xinhua News Agency said yesterday.
The State Council also ordered officials to crack down on
extravagant spending on tourism junkets, elaborate receptions and
luxurious offices, it said.
Climate change
Zheng Guoguang, 48, has replaced Qin Dahe as the director of the
Climate Meteorological Administration, it was announced yesterday. He
had been deputy director since 1999.
Facing up to safety issues
Beijing is to introduce a computerized face-recognition system as
a safety measure for next year's Olympics.
Ma Xin, an expert with the safety ...