Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 26) - Guangzhou is planning to begin using GPS to unite the city this year, Su Zhijia, deputy secretary of the city's CPC Committee, said yesterday.
Guangzhou plans to use GPC and other identity verification technologies to help track and manage the city's government vehicles, with the aim of preventing their unauthorized personal use. Following the State Council's reform of government vehicles, Guangzhou's began testing the GPS technology with Huangpu district's finance and management bureaus last year.
Unauthorized usage of Guangzhou's government vehicles is often cited as one of the major reasons behind the city's severe traffic congestion problems. When commenting on the program, Mr. Su was very blunt, saying 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. He stated that the government will use 2011 to resolve these problems and prevent their reoccurrence.
