Power of auditing

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    Power of auditing¹
    Restricting（限制） the power of government leaders at various levels within reasonable limits is something the central government has been doing for the past couple of years. How effective this effort is will make a great difference to the ongoing² campaign against corruption³.
    The regulations on auditing the economic and financial responsibilities of leaders, released by the State Council this week, are apparently⁴ a new move to further make sure that these leaders will be scrupulous⁵ when making decisions.
    The new rules mean for the first time ministers and provincial⁶ governors will be regularly audited⁷. The new rules also stipulate⁸ that a joint⁹ auditing team will be organized at all levels, involving officials from the Party's disciplinary inspection¹⁰ commission, organizational department, auditing office, the Ministry¹¹ of Supervision¹² and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
    Such a joint team will make it possible for officials from different departments to supervise（监察） each other and also make it difficult for the leaders being audited to bribe¹³ their way out of trouble.
    What is noteworthy is that the rules have specified¹⁴ the violations¹⁵ top leaders are most likely to commit. These include top leaders' decisions that are against relevant rules or laws; their assent¹⁶, in whatever way, to their subordinates doing anything against the rules or laws; and arbitrary decisions on projects that have resulted in economic losses. Collective leadership and decision-making in governments and their departments is the best way to prevent abuse of power.
    Statistics from the State Auditing Office show that auditing efforts from 2008 to October this year resulted in 7,200 cases of government officials at various levels being transferred to judiciary departments for further investigation¹⁷ into their abuse of power. The total number of government and Party leaders at all levels that the auditing office has audited reached more than 410,000 in the same period.
    Auditing has become an effective way to uncover the offenses¹⁸ that government officials have committed. Therefore, it can act as a deterrent¹⁹. That explains why the central government has released the new rules with a view to intensifying²⁰ the auditing efforts in both procedure and targeted areas.
    Hopefully, the new rules will be carried out to the letter so that the auditors²¹ will be even more effective in cracking down on the abuse of power. And therefore their efforts will better facilitate the national anti-corruption campaign.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)