All regions and ministries had been urged to “conscientiously follow and implement” the regulations, the state news agency said, citing the two top decision-making bodies of China’s ruling party.
All officials should bear in mind that “it’s glorious to save and it’s shameful to waste”, the latest rules say, while urging the party and the government to demonstrate “strict diligence and thrift, and oppose extravagance and waste”, according to the Xinhua report.
An observer described the latest round of tightening as perhaps “the most detailed and stringent” since the austerity campaign was launched 12 years ago.
Analysts said the move reflected Beijing’s growing anxiety over the mounting debts incurred to finance its budget, and its aim to curb potential wasteful spending at various levels of government that had resulted in snowballing debt.
