Guangzhou Puts Government Cars On The Leash
The privileged life of the Chinese government employee is coming to an end. The southern metropolis of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) will be using GPS to track usage of the city’s government vehicles, with the aim of preventing their unauthorized personal use. It’s not that the city is trying to curb unnecessary spending.
The city is reacting to public pressure. Guangzhou’s citizenry often blames the city’s traffic jams on government employees, driving around needlessly in government-issued cars. Su Zhijia, deputy secretary of the city’s party committee, said that public anger over the private use of government vehicles and other related problems has been ignored for many years, and that these issues have damaged the government’s relationship with the people. According to Gasgoo, “he stated that the government will use 2011 to resolve these problems and prevent their reoccurrence.”
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Should be instituted by the U.S. government as well, it seems, as non-governmental usage of expensive, government provided vehicles (Escalades and such) by family members of government officials (mayors, governors, councilmen, you name it) seem to be rampant.
Yeah, no other use for this technology. made in China, tested in China, coming soon to a DMV near you