Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hong Kong and Macau Office and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Refuse to Disclose Their “Three Public Expenditures”

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news

By the end of August, 2011, the 98 ministries and commissions under China’s State Council system, with the exceptions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hong Kong and Macau Office and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, had all publicized information in relation to their “three public expenditures”. The remaining three offices refused to disclose the relevant information on the ground that such information constitutes state secret. The Hong Kong and Macao Office and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office even claimed that they should not be included in the list of 98 ministries and commissions under the...