urban and rural community affairs, affordable housing projects, senior services and other major fields concerning livelihood, the CNAO found that RMB14.176 billion of 33 projects in people’s 22 provinces had failed to be made good use of due to restraints by systems and regulations, non-coordination between budget and project implementation, lengthy project approval, failure to plan for funds of completed projects and other reasons. II. On construction of affordable housing. The progress of affordable housing projects in 11 provinces had been slow; 12 cities, counties or units in 7 provinces had misreported the beginning or completion of construction of 14,450 affordable housing units; 57,500 completed affordable housing units in 5 cities or counties of 5 provinces had been idle. III. On social security and employment services. Some people of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region had irregularly obtained subsistence allowances; the Human Resources and Social Security Ministry had failed to introduce related measures to improve the entrepreneurial service function of public employment service system on time. IV. On environmental and ecological protection. The task completion rates of phasing out yellow sticker vehicles in 13 provinces had been markedly low, failing to reach 50%; the progress of 8 projects including urban sewage and garbage treatment facilities in Yunnan Province had been slow. V. On agriculture-related fields. Construction of high-standard farmland, land development and consolidation and other tasks of some regions of 2 provinces had failed to be implemented adequately; the pilot project of nonprofit agricultural product wholesale market by the Ministry of Commerce had been slow in progress; the pilot task of social functions reform of the Jilin Province State Farm Office had failed to be implemented as scheduled. Annex: Major issues found in the audit Annex Major issues found in the audit I. On revitalization of fiscal funds Accumulated funds by balance by the end of No. Regions Projects late August Details 2014 2015 (RMB10 (RMB10 thousand) thousand) (I) Balance accumulated due to budget (investment plan) management
urban and rural community affairs, affordable housing projects, senior services and other major fields concerning people’s livelihood, the CNAO found that RMB14.176 billion of 33 projects in 22 provinces had failed to be made good use of due to restraints by systems and regulations, non-coordination between budget and project implementation, lengthy project approval, failure to plan for funds of completed projects and other reasons. II. On construction of affordable housing. The progress of affordable housing projects in 11 provinces had been slow; 12 cities, counties or units in 7 provinces had misreported the beginning or completion of construction of 14,450 affordable housing units; 57,500 completed affordable housing units in 5 cities or counties of 5 provinces had been idle. III. On social security and employment services. Some people of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region had irregularly obtained subsistence allowances; the Human Resources and Social Security Ministry had failed to introduce related measures to improve the entrepreneurial service function of public employment service system on time. IV. On environmental and ecological protection. The task completion rates of phasing out yellow sticker vehicles in 13 provinces had been markedly low, failing to reach 50%; the progress of 8 projects including urban sewage and garbage treatment facilities in Yunnan Province had been slow. V. On agriculture-related fields. Construction of high-standard farmland, land development and consolidation and other tasks of some regions of 2 provinces had failed to be implemented adequately; the pilot project of nonprofit agricultural product wholesale market by the Ministry of Commerce had been slow in progress; the pilot task of social functions reform of the Jilin Province State Farm Office had failed to be implemented as scheduled. Annex: Major issues found in the audit Annex Major issues found in the audit I. On revitalization of fiscal funds No. Regions Projects funds by the end of 2014 (RMB10 thousand) Accumulated balance by late August 2015 (RMB10 thousand) Details (I) Balance accumulated due to budget (investment plan) management