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Labels won't suffice to check official car misuse

In order to cut the budget on official cars, a notice on posting special labels on official vehicles was issued by the local authority of Baoding, Hebei province.

As an attempt to cut fiscal expenditure and crack down on corruption, the Baoding authority's initiative is a worthy attempt. But whether it will work is still up in the air, because similar attempts in the past have ended in failure. As a matter of fact, posting labels are far from sufficient when it comes to fighting against misuse of official cars for private purposes.