三公支出Central government spending on overseas visits, official vehicles and receptions dropped sharply last year, an annual official *audit released on June 28 showed. The central government spent 5.88 ……

Receptions, vehicles and overseas trips by government and public bodies cost large sums of public money in China. Now, under a new regulation, the three expenses could cost an official his job ……

banning alcoholic beverages from being served at official receptions, China Daily reported on Sept 30... issued a *directive making clear in detail the requirements for official receptions. “禁令”还可以用ban来表 ……

expensesBEIJING is going one step further to control the expenses (费用) of receptions.Daily board expenses... of foreign guests should be paid by official expense cards or bank transfers (转账). Cash is not allowed ……

for “overseas trips, vehicles and receptions” – for 2012, reported The Beijing News.The 25-year-old ……

入境旅游China’s inbound tourism industry has seen visits from overseas tourists decline over the last three years, China Daily reported on Nov 18. In the first nine months of this year, visits by foreign ……

are required to use government credit cards for 16 *expenditures, including official receptions... *excessive spending on public consumptions which has long been viewed as a source of possible government ……

to allow Japanese troops to take a greater role in overseas peacekeeping missions. * Repair ties with China and South Korea. Relations cooled down after Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the Yasukuni ……

People are becoming more picky in choosing destinations for overseas study, and some... Yuer, an official with the department of international cooperation of CSCSE (Chinese Service Centre ……

, the spending power of Chinese tourists in Japan was so impressive that the local media even coined... in the first quarter of last year. However, Chinese tourists’ average shopping spending dropped ……

at their own whim. Public expenses for government receptions and business trips need to be made transparent and there should be strict rules on such spending. Severe punishments should be meted out ……

to improve their transparency.Society requires governments to disclose their spending on cars, officials’ business trips and receptions. But according to the editorial, the extent to which a government ……

"holiday economy" and boosting consumer spending.Policymakers granted a seven-day break... by stimulating spending at a time when other countries are slipping into recession.Last year, China reaped some ……

in an official capacity."Based on that judgment, it said the prime minister's visits resulted... daily paper, The Asahi Shimbun published an editorial with the headline of "Koizumi's Shrine Visits ……

and official regional government receptions.Senior male officials in the regional government have also...RUSSIAN tradition dictates that men should kiss each other three times on the cheeks at official ……