Authorities concerned by lavish office buildings
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The increasing number of lavish office buildings used by township governments in rural areas in South China's Guangdong province has stirred up concerns from the provincial government here.
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The office building of Qigong township in Yangshan county. |
Authorities have promised to start an investigation into whether corruption or the misuse of public money has played a part in the construction of the office buildings occupied by township governments across the province.
The Guangdong government will fight harder to eliminate corruption this year, said an unidentified official from the provincial Party discipline inspection authority on Wednesday.
The proposed investigation comes after a number of local government buildings attracted notice and criticism from netizens, who at times compared the structures to "the White House, the Forbidden City and the Great Hall of the People".
In Qigong township, a poverty-stricken place within Yangshan county, a lavish office structure built in the style of the White House was completed in 2006. The "mini White House" covers more than 5,000 square meters of space and cost the township government more than 6 million yuan ($915,000), the Guangzhou-based Nanfang Rural Daily reported.
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