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No Corruptive Practice Found in BOCOG so Far: Official

No corruptive practice were found within the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG) since its founding in December 2001, an audit official said Wednesday.


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No corruptive practice were found within the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee (BOCOG) since its founding in December 2001, an audit official said Wednesday.

"We have audited BOCOG twice so far, and no misconduct was caught," said Gu Yueren, deputy director of BOCOG's Audit and Supervision Department.

China, eager to prevent corruption from spoiling the 2008 Olympic Games, set up a watchdog committee to audit planning and construction for the Games upon the founding of BOCOG.

The Supervisory Committee is an independent organization headed by Vice Minister of Supervision Li Zhilun and made up of 21 members from Beijing and central government departments.

BOCOG's revenue will be audited every six months between 2002 and 2006, and every three months in 2007 and 2008, according to Gu.

Beijing plans to spend some 33.8 billion US dollars on preparations for the Games, including 1.625 billion dollars on thevenues and transport facilities. Construction of several key projects are set to start in December this year.

Gu said concrete measures have been adopted to guard against and prevent any possible corruption and unhealthy tendencies in the preparation work.

"Olympic projects are open to bidding by foreign companies as well as Chinese, and the process of bidding are made transparent,"he said.

Moreover, the Supervisory Committee implemented strict regulations on financial matters such as financing, materials, ticketing and donations, said Gu.

"We hope to preclude corruption in systems and mechanisms to host a 'clean' Olympics in 2008," he added.


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