News Plus慢速英语:教育部通报5起违反八项规定案件 首届中国互联网+大学生创新创业大赛举行

This is NEWS Plus Special English.
The Ministry of Education has named and shamed university employees who had broken regulations relating to "righteous life and work styles".
The ministry named staff from three universities involved in five cases concerning travel expenses paid for with public funds, fraudulent retiree compensation claims, and accepting financial gifts at weddings.
In one case, faculties under Tongji University's School of Economics and Management were found to have financed an overseas visit with public funds in 2013.
Punishments were meted out to violators, including disciplinary warnings.
A rule on bureaucracy, formalism and extravagance was introduced at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee at the end of 2012.

You are listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing.
China's first "Internet Plus" innovation and entrepreneurship contest for college students will take place between July and October.
The Ministry of Education says the contest aims to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship and promote employment opportunities for college graduates.
Applications are underway; and preliminary heats will be held between July and September, with the final in mid-October.
Participants are encouraged to come up with ideas or programs related to the Internet; for example, how to combine the Internet with traditional industries, or using online platforms to provide public services.
The contest will invite established entrepreneurs, investors, university teachers and higher education experts as judges to select around 300 teams and award funds for further developing their projects.