Introduction Of Foreign Official Reception System

The problem of eating, drinking, extravagance, waste and corruption in public service has become the target of people all over the world, because it not only aggravates the administrative cost, but also erodes the trust of the people in the government. To this end, many countries and regions have announced improvements. official receptions The system even brews a special anti waste law, which controls the job behavior through rigid institutional constraints, long-term supervision mechanisms and severe punishment.

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How to eat and drink carefully

Strict financial system and meticulous management system are the most effective measures to curb the vicious expansion of public expenditure. The practice of some countries has proved that the more concrete the government's financial system is, the more strict and meticulous the management system is, and the smaller the space for public funds to control arbitrarily.

First, we must strictly restrict the recipients. Italy stipulates that government agencies and public service departments shall be prohibited from receiving each other, not to reimburse domestic hospitality costs, and that official reception can only be directed at foreign affairs. In the United States, there are few public funds inside the officialdom, and the lunch on the presidential plane "Air Force One" is not free. Every passenger must pay his own pocket.

The two is to set strict reception standards. In Ontario, Canada, no liquor invoice can be reimbursed under any circumstances. No food is allowed outside the office area within 24 kilometers. The reimbursement rates of all civil servants are 8.75 yuan, 11.25 yuan and 20 yuan for breakfast. The specific standards of the states are different, California is 10 dollars per person, and Connecticut is 9 dollars per person, exceeding this standard, even if it is bribery. If the guest fee exceeds a certain amount, the funds must be appropriated through Parliament, otherwise the taxpayer will be prosecuted. During the summit meeting of the group of twenty leaders in London in 2010, the expenditure of liquor was as high as 6000, leading to the abolition of the government's liquor purchasing Committee.

Three, we must strictly implement the examination and approval system. The United States stipulates that official banquets must be settled by using government credit cards. When they are submitted for examination and approval, they must specify the places of entertainment, the number of participants, the standard of meals, etc. The approvers and chief financial officers are all responsible persons for the reception costs. Russia's financial system is very complex. The process of examination and approval often takes months. Many people prefer to spend money on their own to avoid trouble. Before the arrival of every fiscal year in Britain, the reception fees of various departments have been delineated and overspending will have to be paid. In October 2012, British congressman George Osborne took a super standard train business seat while traveling in China, and finally had to make up the difference of 160.

　 Supervision is everywhere.

Supervision is the implementation system Important guarantee. In some countries, whether specialized agencies or social and media, there are bright eyes everywhere, stare at officials' official expenses.

The first is supervision by specialized agencies. The British House of Commons has a committee on standards and privileges, which supervises and investigates the reimbursement of public funds by members. It must be reported to members after accepting more than 25 pounds of hospitality. Singapore has set up a special waste reduction committee to monitor consumer spending in all sectors of society, especially government agencies. The US government business travel advisory committee was established to oversee public expenditure and to study the provision of lower cost and more efficient travel reimbursement.

The two is to supervise auditing supervision. Monitoring and auditing are important tools to correct errors. In September 2011, Cynthia Schnedale, acting inspector general of the US Department of justice, launched the "government food and beverage cost audit report", detailing the startling food and beverage corruption during the 10 law enforcement conference held by the two government of George W. Bush and Obama, including 16 muffins of one Muffin (market price 2 US dollars), 76 dollars per person lunch, and ordered the government to rectify immediately.

The three is supervision by public opinion. In developed countries, the supervision of official consumption is a very powerful force. The ubiquitous media is almost holding the magnifying glass in the selection of public servants, especially senior officials, in terms of official consumption. Once exposed by the media or reported by the public, it often leads to strong public opinion pressure and corresponding legal and administrative sanctions. Since 2009, the British Daily Telegraph has continued to expose members' scandals and over standard reimbursement scandals, resulting in nearly 400 members having to return the reimbursement. In 2011, according to the government's public information, the newspaper found that officials from 18 departments of the government entered a luxury hotel with a cost of up to 1 million 500 thousand pounds, dining expenses of 370 thousand pounds, and tickets and gifts of golf, ball games, performances and other expenses were 117 thousand pounds. Eventually, 6 civil servants were dismissed and 1 were sentenced.

The four is mass supervision. Japan has established a system of civil administration observers, and regularly convenes the "national liaison Conference on civil rights spokesmen" to supervise government actions and check how taxpayers spend their money. The "civil opposition to government waste Council", a private institution in the United States, investigates and reveals government waste. In Finland, from the prime minister to the general staff, there are people who have meals together, what they have to do with their jobs, what dishes they have ordered, how much money they spend, and they must be open to the public on the Internet. In Finland, there was a high ranking official of the central bank governor. A Foie Gras was served in the official reception. After the media visited the menu on the Internet, he was exposed. Since 2009, the United Kingdom has announced more than 200 senior civil servants' reception fees, up to 1700 items.

Convicted of a meal

In many countries, excessive public service reception or illegal reimbursement of public funds will be severely punished, and may even constitute a criminal offence.

In Italy, the criminal law directly defines public funds as food and drink and public money entertainment as a crime of corruption, so long as someone reports, it will be subject to criminal investigation.

In New Zealand, the consequences of illegal reimbursement of public funds are very serious. In February 2010, Phil Hitley, Minister of housing and fisheries, was forced to resign from the sale of two bottles of wine purchased on private tours in the name of meeting fees. In November of the same year, Huang Yu Fang, Minister of Ethnic Affairs and women's affairs, resigned on suspicion of public funds to reimburse her husband for overseas travel expenses and accepted relevant departments' investigation.

In Germany, civil servants are not allowed to accept gifts or requests for more than 15 euros. In March 2012, Schmidbauer, director of the Munich Municipal Police Bureau, was convicted of bribery. The reason was that in 2008 he and another police officer accepted Al-qaddafi's son Saif's banquet, which spent more than 60 euros far exceeding the statutory standard.

In addition to investigating the responsibilities of the parties, many countries are also responsible for the departmental leadership and management. Leader Responsibility. In April 2012, the federal government's General Administration Office was found to have spent $835 thousand in staff training at a luxury hotel in Las Vegas. Only 4 staff responsible for training were suspended. But general manager Martha Johnson was ordered to resign.