BEIJING, February 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji hastold governments at all levels to continue the campaign to crack down on corruption and work hard to build a more honest and respectable government, in an address at a State Council anti-corruption meeting.

¡¡¡¡The central government has given priority to building a clean and honest government and substantial achievements were made in the nationwide anti-corruption campaign last year, bringing a number of officials to justice, Zhu said.

¡¡¡¡However, the premier warned that many problems still exist in the course of building a clean and honest government. He cited such abuses as extravagance, government waste, embezzlement, misuse of the law, and arbitrary fines and fee collections as the most prominent headaches.

¡¡¡¡Zhu said that the anti-corruption campaign will focus on three aspects this year:

¡¡¡¡-- Government organizations at all levels should set up budgetsfor revenue and expenditure separately. Efforts should be made to enhance audit supervision.

¡¡¡¡-- Government departments should standardize and simplify the examination and approval procedures for projects.

¡¡¡¡-- Government departments and officials should formulate the codes and rules of public biddings to prevent illegal activities.

¡¡¡¡Zhu said that public biddings should be conducted according to the market system, and government officials will be severely punished if they seek private advantage by interfering in public biddings.

¡¡¡¡Wei Jianxing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee,and vice-premiers Li Lanqing, Qian Qichen, Wu Bangguo and Wen Jiabao attended the meeting, along with other high-ranking officials. Enditem