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New rules banning high-end equipment in government to take effect

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

A set of new rules such as forbidding central government agencies from purchasing high-end equipment and luxury furniture will take effect on Friday, as anti-graft campaign continues in China's officialdom.

The new rules will specifically lower the price limit for some office equipment while extending their service life. For instance, the maximum price for desktop computers has been dropped from 6,000 yuan (903.5 U.S. dollars) to 5,000 yuan and for laptops from 11,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan.

Conference tables and filing cabinets must be used for at least 20 years instead of the previous 15 years, according to the rules.

The new rules will be applied across all central government agencies and organizations of the Communist Party of China.

A new regulation, which requires all TV shows adapted from foreign programs to be registered at the regulator, also goes into effect Friday, in a bid to encourage original productions. Endi