Audit: The Three Gorges Corporation, affiliated companies tens of millions of non-profit super
 
Core Tip: Three Gorges Project Corporation, the Audit Commission found that non-profit subsidiary of millions super. Xiluodu the Three Gorges Project Corporation, the tender will be directly entrusted to the subordinate agents associated enterprises in the Three Gorges International. According to the Three Gorges Corporation, the internal tender agent fees, the Three Gorges International agency fees collected 25.71 million yuan, exceeding the national standard of 10.1 million yuan fee.

Beijing, July 20 Today, the Audit Commission issued a Jinshajiang Xiluodu hydropower project the results of the first phase of the audit. From 2007 to 2008, the Audit Commission for the Chinese investment in the Yangtze River Three Gorges Development Corporation Jinshajiang Xiluodu hydropower station construction project management, resettlement and other follow-up audit conducted, results indicate that the Three Gorges Corporation, and better for flats completed the initial task of building and building a better use of capital management, engineering, construction and management continue to strengthen and gradually standardized, but in project management, affiliated enterprises, such as subordinate norms there should not be ignored.

Compressed 27-month period, added to the risks and costs

The audit indicated that, according to the report of the feasibility study, Xiluodu project started early in 2002, the Jinsha River in November 2008 closure. In fact, the project was started in March 2003 to build, completed in November 2007 closure of the Jinsha River. To build than the original plan to postpone the work of 15 months, closure of 12 months in advance, making a total of 27 months duration compression.

Investment Division of the Audit Commission said that this project has increased the risks and difficulties, but also increase the capital cost of the project. Statistics Jian’an 45 outbound traffic engineering, the contract amount 2.014 billion yuan, due to reasons such as time period resulted in substantial changes to the final settlement amount of 2.685 billion yuan, 33.32 percent rate of change. External traffic engineering began in August 2003 detailed survey, in October the same year started a short time as a result of survey and design, geological survey are not in place, the occurrence of F marked road tunnel LIANG Zi sudden overflow of gas and burning of major accidents, engineering suspension of imports of paragraph 34 days.

Affiliated enterprises due diligence, the investment a waste of 50 million

Xiluodu random to participate in the audit part of the Three Gorges Project Construction Corporation, affiliated companies, found that some high fees associated enterprises, the performance of duty is not in place.

- Three Gorges corporation Xiluodu project will have direct access to the tender agent for the Three Affiliated Companies under International. According to the Three Gorges Corporation, the internal tender agent fees, the Three Gorges International agency fees collected 25.71 million yuan, exceeding the national standard of 10.1 million yuan fee. By random audit of 91 projects to statistics, as a result of the preparation of bidding documents and review and clearance work is not standard in place, some of the terms of tender documents and commercial terms of the technical description of ambiguity, leading to more than 5000 million investment.

- March 2003 to November 2006, the Three Gorges Project Corporation, will be part of supervision Xiluodu business enterprises directly subordinate to the Three Gorges Development Corporation, and signed 17 copies of project supervision, and other service contract agreement, the contract lump sum 153,286,900 yuan, net the cost of the Three Gorges Development Corporation achieved revenue 34,710,900 yuan. In the actual process of supervision, the Three Gorges Development Corporation in severe shortage of personnel at the scene, low quality, poor quality audit. 22 samples found in the diary project supervision, supervision staff cross-posts, cross-project, multi-disciplinary induction serious; checks in August 2007 a list of persons found not qualified for supervisory posts 49 cards, accounting Xiluodu Project Management Unit 23 %.

Lack of implementation of the project budget, nearly half of sub-item is not tender

The audit showed that Xiluodu project started in 2003, has signed a contract the amount of various types of 38 billion yuan, 15.2 billion yuan investment, but the Three Gorges Corporation, the project has not yet completed the implementation of the proposals, resulting in the building do not appear in strict enforcement of contracts, project cost examine such issues as poor quality, construction costs have increased, some more than a single project feasibility study estimates. Statistics on the proportion of 264 to complete more than 90% of Jian’an works contract, the original amount of 3.817 billion yuan, as of the end of August 2008, investment increased a total of 1.097 billion yuan, an increase of 28.74 percent ratio. The absence of the implementation of the proposals, the audit of investment it is difficult to assess the overall control.

The audit found that the project should be tender Xiluodu 464 sub-projects with a contract amount of 24.898 billion yuan. Practical implementation, the 219 did not tender the project, accounting for 47.2 percent, the contract amount of 1.679 billion yuan, accounting for 6.74%.

Yunnan, resettlement planning has not yet been completed revision

The audit found that in 2003, to meet the needs of engineering construction, Sichuan, Yunnan provinces begin the transition to take temporary relocation of the works area. At present, Sichuan Province, has completed the construction area resettlement relocation. Construction area of Yunnan Province resettlement implementation plan revision has not yet been completed. In addition, the audit found 1.441 billion yuan of funds due to the management of migration links, and the allocation is not timely.

Investment Division of the Audit Commission said that the issue for the audit found, the Audit Commission has issued audit reports in accordance with the law, issued an audit decision. Three Gorges Project Corporation and its related units attached great importance to the audit questions and comments raised by the implementation of reform and strengthening the internal control management, to further standardize the measurement of engineering and contract management, the amount of the current violation has been corrected more than 3600 million.

Korean media said Kim Jong-il ordered the detention of yacht in Italy
 
Core Tip: South Korea, “Chosun Ilbo” Italy on the 20th to invoke “Libero” the report said that North Korea leader Kim Jong-il ordered two luxury yacht seized by Italian police. Two boats of 13 million euros price.

Global Times reported July 20 in Korea, “Chosun Ilbo” Italy on the 20th to invoke “Libero” the report said that North Korea leader Kim Jong-il ordered two luxury yacht seized by Italian police.

“Korean Daily News” said in its report, “Libero” reported that the central Italian region of Tuscany Lucca area of financial police in the region, Egypt Austrian city of Piracicaba (sound), a shipyard was originally detained to Kim Jong-il delivery of the two yachts. Reported that this is in accordance with the international embargo against North Korea’s measures to implement the action. In 2006 the UN Security Council adopted resolution No. 1718 to prohibit transactions with North Korea, luxury goods. Two boats of 13 million euros price.

“Libero” said Luca financial police investigation is now focused on Kim Jong Il in Italy and in other parts of Europe the way the purchase of luxury items. The yacht will be detained for auction, has also been paid to freeze yacht.

Great Leap Forward when the soil was found in Gansu furnace steel-making group of large-scale (Figure)
 
Core Tip: Gansu Sunan soil found in steel-making furnaces during the Great Leap Forward group, a total of 159, is the largest possible number of the largest indigenous group of steel-making furnaces.

Sunan soil found in steel-making furnaces during the Great Leap Forward group

Sunan County Bureau of Cultural Relics According to staff the initial research, the indigenous group of steel-making furnace is the largest possible number of the largest, most complete preservation. At present, the steel-making furnaces have been the site of Sunan county people’s government at the county level as units to be protected, and are included in the seventh installment of the country to declare the list of recommended security units.

It is understood that the indigenous steel-making furnaces silver at the Mongolian Autonomous County of Sunan Yugur rural village and the territory of Nanshan slope cave.

West to east, the site was sitting with a font, a total of 159 smelting furnace, the majority of the collapse of a deteriorating condition, the more complete more than 50. The largest high-smelting furnace 8 meters, 14 meters in diameter; minimum of 2.5 meters high, 2.7 meters in diameter; for the pagoda-shaped, have the furnace flue, flue there is ranging from one or more smelting furnace bore with adobe from masonry; some of the larger ridge height of the furnace in the open pit digging and building, and open 1 or more arched openings for charging, ignition, money slag, a number of ventilation at the bottom of furnace Road; there are 10 connecting furnace. Smelting furnace of the group more than two kilometers long, is quite spectacular. These steel-making furnace was built in 1958 during the Great Leap Forward in 1960, lay-off, after the completion of a part has not been used yet. As a result of these steel-making furnace in which the vicinity of iron ore and coal production, with good conditions for the smelter, it was up and down in the Liyuan River more than fifty kilometers of the area to build steel-making furnaces have a thousand, the area of about 50 square kilometers. (

Australian Foreign Minister said that China will not be the case for Rio Tinto spy case
 
Core Tip: According to the U.S. “New York Times” reported that the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs said Sunday, on suspicion of espionage for the arrested giant Rio Tinto mining company of four employees, the Chinese may be the case as a business rather than a spy case.

Global Times reported July 20, according to the U.S. “New York Times,” Australian Foreign Minister said Sunday, on suspicion of espionage for the arrested giant Rio Tinto mining company of four employees, the Chinese may be the case as a business rather than espionage case.

• Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, pointed out, including a staff of four, including Australians may be from more serious charges of espionage. The four employees in the July 5 on suspicion of espionage, detained in Shanghai.

Smith said that since the beginning of this year in the steel executives and Rio Tinto on iron ore negotiations, these employees have been misconduct, may still face criminal charges. The Chinese government accused these employees of Rio Tinto Iron and Steel Plant have been in charge of bribery in China to obtain confidential government data.

Reported that, because not contact, Rio Tinto has not been confirmed on the matter. But last Friday, Rio Tinto has issued a statement defending their own employees.