Pilot project to improve transparency declared a success

Four cities in China have successfully implemented a pilot program that requires public officials to post information about their finances, officials said.

Inspectors in Xiangxiang, a prefecture-level city in Hunan province, are calling the project a success after the first month of its implementation.

Inspectors said earlier in the week that the local government's decision to make the housing conditions of all its leading officials publicly accessible had received enormous "support and endorsement" from the people.