Hong Kong media a top level technology plan is to invest 30 billion yuan into

President of the Chinese research Academy of environmental sciences Meng information. Photo: network

Hong Kong media said the "shoddy construction" several years ago of the word was used to describe an inferior infrastructure that may kill people. Earliest use of the word is former Premier Zhu Rongji, he has criticized some levees vulnerable like Jerry. However, anti-corruption investigators discovered, the term can also be used to describe a national large-scale research project the guise of counterfeit plan.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post Web site on October 4 was published, entitled the one of China's top science and technology plan of turning into a Jerry reported that concern this type of scheme is one of China's biggest environmental protection project--"project" (water pollution control and treatment of major science and technology--the note of the network). The project ready to spend more than 30 billion yuan in the 11 years to find clean technology solutions to major rivers and lakes.

In the past few years, a series of reports exposing the acts of abuse of the project funding at the local level. Last month, Meng, Director of the project for oversight were administrative warning. Investigations found that some false and infamous research are funded from this project.

Reported that Meng is also President of the Chinese research Academy of environmental sciences, which is one of the lead agency for this project. Several other management and researchers are warning--this is the lowest level of China's administrative system of administrative penalties. Protection of lawyers rights in China to ensure

Reports that first discovered the violations is China's top anti-corruption agency inspection personnel, time is early this year. Environment Ministry immediately opened an investigation, and found several research institutions, environmental protection enterprises and an accounting firm involved in acquiring or waste of research funding.

According to media reports, funds had been allocated to the false creation of subject and non-qualified plans. Reports made no mention of how much money is wasted, but research Academy of environmental sciences be obliged to recover the funds allocated to agencies about 450,000 yuan fee for technical services and extrabudgetary funds.

The Ministry of environmental protection said, the Department will undertaker suspected disciplinary violations related topics leads transferred to the investigation and handling of discipline inspection and supervision departments of territoriality.

Reportedly, this is not abuse of the funding of the project for the first time. Last year, Zhejiang University, Professor Chen Yingxu 9.45 million Yuan because the project funding from corruption, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Last year, according to media reports, on the mid-term review of the project by environmental protection Department found that project funds were used to buy microwave ovens and air purifiers, pay tuition and even paying personal income tax.

Investigations revealed that mismanagement may also lead to solve the country's most pressing environmental issues of public funds have been wasted.

Independent geologist Yang Yong said, "is ridiculous, we investigated in the past 10 years, China's main rivers, not spend one penny. "

Reported that the Environmental Protection Department said, China still has nearly 30% of major rivers were polluted or seriously polluted, some of which are unfit for human contact. Lakes, some of the long-term problems (such as outbreaks of algae in summer) is still serious.