State organs have given a breakdown of their employees' pay, with the Ministry of Public Security revealing it spent nearly six times more on allowances than on basic salaries, an alarmingly wide gap that invited corruption, one expert said. Nearly 100 state ministries, commissions and institutions posted their final accounts for 2014 on their websites on Friday, an annual exercise that began under the previous leadership in a bid to increase transparency. But under a new amendment to the Budget Law, they can no longer give rough numbers and must detail their spending. So far, 82 state organs have released figures for their spending on salaries, benefits and allowances, which amounted to 96 billion yuan (HK$121 billion) - just 8 per cent of their total budget. On average, they spent more than twice as much on allowances than on basic salaries, according to a review carried out by The Beijing News . While the gap was widest at the security ministry, the General Administration of Customs was not far behind - with basic pay just a fifth of allowance levels. Analysts said the different levels reflected the stage of the nation's development. "The base salary at state organs has always been at a low level compared to [counterparts] in developed regions, especially civil servants salaries in Hong Kong," said Zhao Xijun, a finance professor at Renmin University. "It's a special case of China, which is decided by the development stage and system." The 82 agencies spend a total of 244 million yuan on salaries, and 521 million yuan on allowances, according to the News . In only 11 groups did basic pay outstrip allowances. "This is extremely abnormal," said Zhu Lijia, a professor of public policy at the Chinese Academy of Governance. "But for the past 20 years, it has always been the case, often three to four times more. And in the past 10 years, there has hardly been any pay rise." The mainland government does not have a single national definition for what expenses fall under the category of allowances, and it varies according to agency. But generally, employees are given money for housing, transportation and their children's education. Zhu said high allowance levels could leave space for corruption since they offered greater flexibility in distributing funds. According to the final account reports and calculations by the News , total spending by all the agencies was more than 1.2 trillion yuan - 2.1 billion less than the year before. There was a decrease of 1.2 billion in spending on official banquets, overseas travel and government vehicles, which if the figures are accurate, represents the effect of President Xi Jinping's drive to rein in unnecessary spending. Zhao said that decrease in spending would slow down in coming years. "In the bigger picture of [cutting back extravagance], it was foreseeable that the spending would sharply decrease," Zhao said. "However, the decrease will stop at a certain point because there is necessary spending that cannot be cut." Also for the first time, the final accounts disclosed billions spent on conferences and training , which ranged from 720,000 yuan by the Red Cross Society of China to 350 million yuan by the nation's tax offices.