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China intends to keep a much tighter watch on military funds to ensure more efficient spending, state media reported yesterday.
Under a new "results-based management system" due to be up and running by 2020, individuals and military units would be held accountable for inefficiencies, Xinhua said.
Military analysts said the new system was designed to eradicate waste, fraud, abuse and other misuse of the military budget.
The decision comes after China announced in March that it planned to spend 808 billion yuan (HK$1 trillion) on the PLA this year, up 12.2 per cent from 2013.
A statement approved by the Central Military Commission and released yesterday said the management system would be tested this year at PLA headquarters and military area commands, and cover five spending areas including training simulators and military hospitals.
The scheme would become universal by 2020, it added.
General Zhao Keshi , head of the PLA General Logistics Department, told Xinhua that the new approach was a response to President Xi Jinping's order to improve the military's combat strength by standardising budgets.
"The concept of a performance-based budgeting system will be applied to every step of defence expenditure, from distribution to spending and auditing," Xinhua quoted Zhao as saying.
Officials in charge of spending would be held accountable, the general said.
The logistics department is responsible for production, supply, transport, housing, pay and medical services of the army.
Beijing-based retired PLA major general Xu Guangyu said the new system could be an extension of Xi's ongoing anti-graft campaign.
"The circular sends a message that the new results-based management system will become a long-term measure to monitor defence spending closely," Xu said.
"It will also prevent local military heads from abusing power and embezzling funds."
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


Results-based budget system puts military officials in firing line

Military officials will be accountable for spending. Photo: AP

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China intends to keep a much tighter watch on military funds to ensure more efficient spending, state media reported.


Results-based budget system puts military officials in firing line

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}China intends to keep a much tighter watch on military funds to ensure more efficient spending, state media reported.

China intends to keep a much tighter watch on military funds to ensure more efficient spending, state media reported.