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BIZCHINA / Biz Media Digest
Macroeconomy: Gov't tracks US$2b overcharging in education, health,
farming
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-10 14:59
China has uncovered 15.85 billion yuan (US$2 billion) of unwarranted
collection of fees in the country's education, health and farming sectors
in the past five years, according to the National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC).
A massive 6.85 billion yuan (US$901 million) of unwarranted school fees
have been charged to unlucky parents since 2002, and 2.98 billion yuan
has been returned to the victims.
China uncovered more than 80,000 cases of overcharging in the health
sector, involving 4 billion yuan of illegal gains, according to the NDRC
report.
During the NDRC's eight nationwide inspections in the agriculture sector
over the last five years, government officials detected 5 billion yuan of
arbitrary collection of charges to farmers and have since reimbursed
farmers 4 billion yuan.
The education, health and farming sectors have generated a lot of public
complaints in recent years because of inflated school fees, extortionate
medical treatment, and overcharging of farmers under many guises.
According to the NDRC, the government scrutiny has helped quell new forms
of illegal overcharging. The NDRC said the government will continue its
campaign against overcharging this year, especially in sectors such as
education and medical treatment.
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