Xinyang

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translit_lang1_info=信阳
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timezone = China Standard
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footnotes = Xinyang (zh-sp|s=信阳|p=Xìnyáng) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Zhumadian to the north, Nanyang to the northwest, and the provinces of Anhui and Hubei to the east and south respectively.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Xinyang administers 3 districts and 8 counties.

*Shihe District (浉河区)
*Pingqiao District (平桥区)
*Yangshan New District (羊山新区)
*Huangchuan County (潢川县)
*Huaibin County (淮滨县)
*Xi County (息县)
*Xin County (新县)
*Shangcheng County (商城县)
*Gushi County (固始县)
*Luoshan County (罗山县)
*Guangshan County (光山县)

Reform in 2007

At the beginning of 2007, the government of Xinyang implemented a new policy designed to reduce corruption and governmental spending: any governmental official / employee who drinks alcohol on the job would be immediately fired on the spot. Within six months of the implementation of the policy, the governmental spending on business meals had drastically reduced for more than 42 million dollars, which was enough to build up to 50 elementary schools. However, as the governmental officials of Xinyang released the information in the third quarter of 2007, there was much more public outrage than praise because the local general populace was very upset that such huge amount of public funds had been wasted, and as the news was rapidly reported elsewhere, populations in other areas begun to demand their local government to do the same. In February, 2008, an independent audit revealed that the majority income of local restaurants during the period of 2005 thru 2007 come from public funds when governmental official / employee used the money to eat out as "reception fee", which is part of the administrative cost. After the reform in 2007, all local restaurants have experienced a reduction of income by at least 70%. This audit only further enrage the public not only locally, but all over China, when the Chinese general populace demanded to further expand the reform to check the corruption.