Knock-off Bird's Nest under way in Shanxi
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Artistic rendering of the knock-off Bird's Nest. |
"If we really face any problems, the upper level government will investigate," Wang added.
As for the design of the cultural palace, Wang said its originality is the forest, which is a symbol of ecological harmony and environmental development.
Spread over 20,000 square meters, the project is mainly composed of a 1,195-seat theatre and a multifunctional lecture hall, designed to accommodate some 4,000 people.
At present, the construction of the palace's main body has been completed and workers are busy working on the interior decoration and outdoor square.
"A cultural palace can be built for luxury, but it needs to match the local economic situation. For a county that has an annual fiscal revenue of less than 300 million yuan, a 100-million-yuan palace is obviously too luxurious," said Liu Qinglong, a professor at the school of public management at Tsinghua University.
"Such projects are just a few examples of how the authorities are mismanaging funds given to them by superior governments," Liu said.
"The central government should strengthen supervision on needless expenditure and guide the officials toward what's really important."
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