China has outlined new regulations on officials' travel expenses with aims to promote less waste.
中國已就官員差旅費用擬定新規以減少鋪張浪費。
According to the regulations, officials at department and bureau levels can only take economy class while travelling by air. Only officials at the ministerial level will be allowed to take first class.
根據新規,部門官員出行只能乘坐經濟艙,而只有國家級官員出行才可以乘坐頭等艙。
Meanwhile, in terms of accommodation, the regulation states that officials at department and bureau levels can only stay in standard rooms while ministerial level officials can stay in larger suites. It also urges all officials to abide by the rules, warning that violators will be punished.
同時,在住宿方面,新規明確規定部門官員只能選擇標準間,而只有國家級官員才可以選擇較大的套間。規定還敦促所有官員均應遵守新規,違反者將收到處罰。
The new regulation comes as the CPC Central Committee called on officials to practise frugality as government revenues see slower increases than previous years.
因為,較往年相比,政府收入增長有所減緩,中共中央號召全體官員踐行節儉之風,隨后該新規出臺。