Auditor General, National Audit Office Jiayi Liu of China

Liu said that in the course of doing the audits he had found that Beijings leadership had helped boost the economy, that the economic structure has been optimized, the governments working efficiency had been raised, and peoples living standards have improved, according to a report posted on the National Audit Offices Web site.

In his report to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, Liu said such departments and units squandered or wasted another 171 million yuan ($24.

In September 1996, after completing one-year training for young cadres at the Communist Party of China Central Party School, Liu was appointed to the post of vice auditor general.

national year-end auditing conference here.

Auditors across the country initiated investigation in more than 104,000 enterprises and agencies in the period, Liu said at a national year-end auditing conference.

Liu said since the quake occurred, NAO had received 111 checkable clues relating to quake-relief funds and material used via the phone and Internet.

From December 1989 to August 1992, Mr Liu was the deputy director general at Chengdu Resident Office of the National Audit Office of China.

At a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday, rather than express shock or anger at the findings, Liu said that in the course of doing the audits he found that Beijings leadership had helped expand the economy, that "the economic structure has been optimized, the governments working efficiency had been raised, and peoples living standards have improved," according to a report posted on the National Audit Offices Website.

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Liu said 117 cases of official embezzlement were uncovered in 2007, and 14 top officials detained.