PLA announces more stringent auditing regulations of officers

The People’s Liberation Army has rolled out more stringent auditing regulations for officers and expanded the scope of those put under scrutiny amid President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive in the military, the PLA Daily’s website reported.

It announced today that the measures were aimed at strengthening supervision of army personnel and advancing “military-style discipline”.

They will focus on auditing cadres with economic clout in the PLA, those responsible for resource allocation for large projects, nearing retirement or whom the public has complained about.

PLA members who have power over expenditures of large amounts of money, such as construction projects, housing management, procurement and scientific research will also be closely audited, according to the new regulations.

Those who are found to have embezzled public funds will have to return the money and could face criminal charges.

To ensure fairness, the new regulations stipulate that cadres who are unsatisfied with their audit reports can ask for a second round of auditing, the paper said.