Province posts budgets in cyberspace

CHENGDU - Netizens surfing the website of the Sichuan provincial government can find its two budget statements for the 2010 fiscal year on the site's front page.

The Sichuan provincial government recently posted for the first time its budget statements on its website, sc.gov.cn, according to the provincial department of finance.

The budget statements of some departments under the provincial government are likely to be announced to the public early next year after the fourth session of the 11th Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, according to Wang Yihong, deputy chief of the provincial department of finance.