An auditing plan especially for Olympic construction shall come
out in the first half of 2007, said Li Jinhua, auditor-general of the National
Audit Office of China.
Auditing departments shall make efforts to check extravagance
and help channel government funds to effective use, said Li on the
sidelines of the ongoing annual session of China's parliament.
The Chinese government has promised to host a "clean" Olympic
Games. Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party, has vowed to step up anti-corruption
efforts in the run-up to the Games.
Regarding the scandal of Liu Zhihua, former Beijing vice mayor
who was stripped of his post and ousted from the Communist Party
last year for graft, Li firmly denied any connection of Liu's case
to Olympic projects.
Liu, 57, was accused of taking bribes and keeping mistresses. He
had been in charge of overseeing construction, real estate, sports
and traffic projects in the capital after being elected to the post
in 1999.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2007)