National auditor uncovers US$937 mln in misuse of public funds_时事要闻

National auditor uncovers US$937 mln in misuse of public funds

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Dec.27 - China's National Audit¹ Office said on Wednesday that it had found 6.87 billion yuan (937 million U.S. dollars) worth of unauthorized use of public funds by central government agencies during the first 11 months of 2007.

The office uncovered these abuses after auditing² 56 ministerial-level departments and 434 of their affiliates³, according to the national audit conference held in Beijing.

A total 4.2 billion yuan had been recovered by the end of October. The office also helped recover 7.16 billion yuan that would either have been embezzled⁴ or concealed⁵ from a variety of uses: subsidies⁶ to agriculture and nine-year compulsory⁷ education in rural regions, disaster relief, social insurance and pension funds, and land sale revenues.

Li Jinhua, head of the office, said: "The ministerial-level departments took immediate⁸ and effective action to rectify⁹ the financial abuses following the order from the State Council."

He continued: "(We) should pay much attention to rectification¹⁰ as well as auditing work."

The office audited¹¹ more than 25,000 officials nationwide during the 11-month period, finding 3.6 billion yuan in financial abuses and remanding 304 officials to prosecutors¹² and Communist Party disciplinary agencies.

More than 90,000 companies and public institutions were audited and 929 cases involving illegal use of funds were handed over to prosecutors and Party disciplinary agencies.

Over the past five years, the office has audited 592,000 companies and public institutions and averted¹³ losses of 191.9 billion yuan. During that time, it has also sent 4,370 people involved in 2,847 cases to prosecutors and another 7,672 people involved in 5,509 cases to Party disciplinary agencies.

Li was elected a member of the United Nations Board of Auditors¹⁴ in November, becoming the first Chinese national to hold the position, which has a six-year term.

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1 audit
v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听
参考例句：
Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。 As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

2 auditing
n.审计，查账，决算
参考例句：
Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed.收支检查标准是规则统治一个稽核如何被运行。 The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms.审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。

3 affiliates
附属企业( affiliate的名词复数 )
参考例句：
She affiliates with an academic society. 她是某学术团体的成员。 For example, these security affiliates participated in the floating of 19,000,000,000 of issues in 1927. 例如，这些证券发行机构在1927年的流通证券中，就提供了一百九十亿美元的证券。

4 embezzled
v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The clerk embezzled a thousand pounds from the bank where he worked. 那个职员在他工作的银行里贪污了一千英镑。来自《简明英汉词典》 The cashier embezzled ＄ 50,000 from the bank. 出纳员盗用了银行5万美元。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 concealed
a.隐藏的，隐蔽的
参考例句：
The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。 I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

6 subsidies
n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
参考例句：
European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。 Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 compulsory
n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的
参考例句：
Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？ Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

8 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
参考例句：
His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。 We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

9 rectify
v.订正，矫正，改正
参考例句：
The matter will rectify itself in a few days.那件事过几天就会变好。 You can rectify this fault if you insert a slash.插人一条斜线便可以纠正此错误。

10 rectification
n. 改正, 改订, 矫正
参考例句：
The process of producing a shift of the average value is called rectification. 产生平均值移动的过程叫做整流。 This effect, in analogy to its radiofrequency counterpart, is known as optical rectification. 同它的射频对应物相仿，这种现象称为光学整流。

11 audited
v.审计，查账( audit的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The accounts have to be audited by a firm of external auditors. 这些账目必须由一家外聘审计员的公司来稽查。来自《简明英汉词典》 E. g. few if any charities collection publishes audited accounts. 例如很少义款收集有公布经过查核的帐目。来自互联网

12 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

13 averted
防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )；转移
参考例句：
A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。 Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。

14 auditors
n.审计员，稽核员( auditor的名词复数 )；（大学课程的）旁听生
参考例句：
The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year. 那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。 a meeting to discuss the annual accounts and the auditors' report thereon 讨论年度报表及其审计报告的会议

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