Top legislator attends joint inquiry session about annual audit

Zhang Dejiang(7th R, back), chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, attends a joint inquiry session on a rectification report about problems found in an audit of the central government's 2014 budget, fiscal revenue and expenditure in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 26, 2015. (Xinhua/ Rao Aimin)

BEIJING, Dec. 26  -- China's top auditor Liu Jiayi on Saturday said auditors will seek to include all public funds, state-owned assets and resources as well as government officials in their annual budget, fiscal revenue and expenditure reports.

Liu, head of the National Audit Office (NAO), was speaking at a joint inquiry session on a rectification report about problems found in an audit of the central government's 2014 budget, fiscal revenue and expenditure. His comments came in response to a question raised by lawmakers over how to expand the subjects of NAO's annual audits. Full story