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Chinanews, Shanghai, Apr. 24 – A German scholar once said, “ China is the largest poor country in the world. Yet it is also a country that wastes heavily.” The Shanghai Securities Journal recently carried an article claiming that the saying does reflect some of the bad habits of the Chinese people.
In restaurants, one can easily see that many diners order far more dishes than necessary. Some Chinese like to vie with each other to show off their wealth or their dignity by ordering large, expensive dishes. When they leave, unfinished meals are left on tables, with some dishes thrown away untouched. No wonder that in the past 15 years, Chinese catering1 business has grown at an annual rate of 10%! However, such waste is rather "tiny" if compared with the unnecessary, huge public expenditure2. In 2004, Chinese public institutions paid 408.5 billion yuan for the use of cars, 300 billion yuan were thrown away in dining with public money, and another 300 billion yuan paid by government departments or institutions for sending their staffs abroad. The three items accounted for one-third of the country's fiscal3 expenditure that year. In China, many buildings can be used for only 30 years on average. Some buildings are frequently rebuilt or renovated4, leading to a huge waste of construction materials. Chinese are considered as the most diligent5 people in the world. However, such diligence can not make China become a prosperous nation if such waste remains6 unchecked; on the contrary, it will prevent China from becoming rich.
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