【新唐人2011年10月20日讯】十一长假前夕,上海市政府发布报告说,去年世界博览会实现利润超过人民币10亿元。但报告也说,世博会门票销售收入和赞助费当中,大约2.42亿元的现金没有计入运营收入。
政府审计机构的审计结果表明,世博会运营收入累计为130.14亿元,由于门票收入、特许经营权收入、场馆出租收入等好于预期,而实际支出较预算略为减少,上海世博会运营收支结余为10.5亿元。
审计结果还显示,在上海世博会的运营收入中,门票收入占最大比重,共计73.55亿元,约占运营总收入的56.52%﹔其次占较大份额的是赞助收入,达39.73亿元。
美国《华尔街日报》中文网10月18号发表James T. Areddy评论文章,文章指出,审计人员说,2.42亿元的现金赞助和门票收入从未到达世博会官方账户,可能是部分赞助商食言,也有可能是“这些资金在路上被人截留了”。报告估计,另外4800万元的实物捐赠没有适当记入营业收入,说明可能还存在其他的欺诈行为。
经济专栏作家,北京师范大学MBA导师段绍译:“它有很多费用都不好说的,很多钱是浪费了。因为世博会很多的门票,进去参观的人不是老百姓自己花钱的,很多是公款消费。”
据这次审计,政府承认,修建、运营5.28平方公里世博园,所用的人民币197亿元成本超出了预算。
审计报告还说,与世博会闭幕后清理工作相关的另外3.5亿元没有算进成本中。如果算进去,想必会让运营收入减少三分之一左右。
据了解,中共有很多经费没有列入审计,《华尔街日报》这篇《审计上海世博会 2.42亿收入不知去向》的作者最后也表示:上海市政府采取的会计“成本”策略,没有计入活动举办前城市改造所花的数百亿美元资金,像新建的地铁线和航站楼,以及极其严格的安保费用等。
9月27号上海地铁追尾事故的10号线,就是“开往世博的地铁”中的其中一条线路。
同时,那些因世博会遭到动迁的上海居民,至今不但没有拿到当局合理的补偿与安置,甚至,还受当局严酷的打压。
上海维权人士:“去年世博会,应该是民间的科技交流的,但是政府把它搞成政治的。就把我们﹙维权人士﹚软禁的软禁、关押的关押、坐牢的坐牢,给我们带来的应该是伤害很大的。坑了我们的财产不算数,国家的资金和财产给他们﹙官员﹚盗空了。”
上海维权人士二:“房子也没有了、商铺什么都被他们抢光了,至今没有一分钱安置。”
上海维权人士三:“他﹙当局﹚就是骗骗你,如果要开会了,他就骗骗你,然后会开好了就结束了,没有人睬你,他也不管你吃也好、喝也好、住也好,什么事情都不管你。他就是骗了我们老百姓,再应付上面的领导。”
《华尔街日报》认为,世博会一般不赚钱。正是因为亏损等原因,美国国会拒绝授权国务院花钱参加世博会。
报导还说,根据这份审计报告,17亿元的超支额度当中,有很大一部分是因为上海替那些不愿投资的国家出资修建国别展馆,因而承担了损失。而很多国家在他们国家的展馆上花费了大量资金,所以上海决定永久保留这些展馆。
新唐人记者陈汉、周平、王明宇采访报导。
RMB 242 Million Missing From World Expo Revenue
Before October 1, the Shanghai government announced that
last year’s World Expo generated over RMB 1 billion profit.
It has been reported that around RMB 242 million in ticket
income and sponsorship is missing from the operating revenue.
Government audit shows RMB 13 billion net operating income
due to higher revenue from ticket sales, franchise income, rental income and other venues.
Also the actual expense was slightly less than planned.
The final balance of the World Expo was RMB 1.05 billion.
Audits show that ticket income accounts for a big portion at
RMB 7.35 billion, which is around 56.5% of total income.
The second largest is sponsorship, around RMB 3.97 billion.
Wall Street Journal wrote on October 18, that as per auditors,
around RMB 242 million haven’t entered the official account.
These money were from cash donations and ticket income.
This could be due to some sponsors not keeping their word,
However, some might have also been withheld along the way.
The report estimates that, around RMB 48 million in material
donations were also not included in the operating income.
It is likely that other deceptive practices were involved too.
Duan Shaoyi (Economic Columnist): “Much of the costs
are hard to pinpoint, a lot of money were wasted.
A lot of money in tickets were not paid out
from individual pockets, but were paid by official accounts."
In this audit, the government admits that the construction and
operation of the 5.28 sq. km. Expo park cost RMB 19.7 billion, which exceeded the planned budget.
Auditors also said that clean up costs would be another
RMB 350 million, which is not included in the cost.
If added, the actual operating income will be reduced
by around a third.
According to several sources, much of the costs
were not included in the audit.
The Wall Street Journal article
‘242 million Missing from Shanghai Expo Income’
mentioned that the “cost" calculation did not include
the tens of billions Shanghai spent to build new subways, airport terminals, security, and other costs.
Shanghai’s subway Line 10, which had a collision on
September 27, is one of the lines constructed for the Expo.
At the same time, the Shanghai residents who were forced
to relocate still have not received compensation.
Even now, they are being heavily persecuted by the regime.
Shanghai human rights activist: “The World Expo last year
was suppose to be a private exchange of science and technology, but the regime made it political.
It put us (human rights activists) under house arrest, detained,
or even jailed, which brought a great deal of damages to us.
They not only took our properties,
but also robbed all of the national treasury money."
Another human rights activist: “(My) home is gone,
my business is robbed, and I have no money left."
A third human rights activist: “He (the Chinese official)
is deceiving you. When there is a meeting, he lies to you.
Then after the meeting, he completely ignores you.
He doesn’t care if you eat, drink, or if you are even alive.
He doesn’t care about you at all.
He only lies to common folk to answer to those above him."
The Wall Street Journal expressed that the World Expo
doesn’t usually make money.
It was due to financial losses and other reasons that
the U.S. Congress refused U.S. participation in the Expo.
According to the audit report, from the RMB 17 billion
over budget amount, was much due to Shanghai spending money on exhibitions for countries not willing to invest in the Expo.
Some other countries spent a lot of money on the exhibitions,
so Shanghai decided to preserve these exhibitions permanently.
NTD reporters Chen Han, Zhou Ping and Wang Mingyu