GUIYANG Cheap Air Max Shoes , Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- In southwest China's Guizhou Province, home to national liquor Moutai, alcohol of any kind is set to be banned at the dinner tables of officials during work time to improve official's work style.

The strict ban, which takes effect on Sept. 1, applies to the Party and government departments Cheap Air Max , judicial organs and local state-owned companies. Liquor, red wine, beer and other drinks containing alcohol are all to be prohibited during official activities, except for important foreign or investment promotion occasions, which will require approval to serve liquor.

Discipline staff will be organized to check the implementation of the ban Cheap Nike Air Max Womens , and violators will be punished seriously, according to Zhang Ping, deputy head of Guizhou Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China.

"The receptions are just simply taking meals, which do not affect everyone's work schedule," said Shi Qingchang Cheap Nike Air Max Clearance , Communist Party chief of Baisuo township, Guizhou. "The ban cuts expenditure and protects our health."

In late 2013, as part of a frugality campaign the central authorities issued a rule to ban cigarettes and high-end liquor in working lunches. Ever since, stricter local alcohol bans have been formulated and put into force in provinces such as Heilongjiang, Jilin Cheap Nike Air Max Online , Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The local alcohol bans show the ruling party's resolve to improve work style on a law-based track, said Zheng Dongsheng, professor in Party building at Guizhou Provincial Party School.

Over the past four years Cheap Nike Air Max Wholesale , the work style of officials has been more practical and efficient, with formalism and bureaucratism falling, he added.

However, cases of flouting alcohol bans remain common, as seen in exposure by discipline inspection authorities.

In eastern China's Shandong Province Cheap Nike Air Max Black , 533 people were punished for enjoying banquets using public funds from January to July, according to the provincial discipline inspection commission Wednesday.

Nineteen officials in central China's Hunan Province were dealt with for drinking alcohol or gambling on a working day in December, said discipline authorities in Louxing district, Loudi city, in July. Among the violators Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes , township Party secretary Xie Guoying was removed from his post.

Though alcohol is a major way for people to show their hospitality, it easily leads to corruption and sometimes even the accidental deaths of officials due to drunkenness. Attending banquets can be a heavy burden for many officials.

"Alcohol bans not only address dinner table corruption, but also liberate public servants," said Guo Ruliang, a county official in eastern China's Anhui Province.

Banning alcohol in official activities can improve the image of officials Cheap Nike Air Max , but eliminating such a lingering sickness is an arduous long-term task, Zheng said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kobe Bryant inked a two-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.

The 35-year-old star would reportedly receive 48.5 million dollar from the extension, keeping him as the highest-paid player in the league.

Kobe and the Lakers tweeted the photos about the contract on Monday.

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VIENTIANE， Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tales of the cultural and natural riches found by the waterways and byways of the Lancang-Mekong region have been attracting the adventurous of spirit since the 13th Century C.E. era diplomat Zhou Daguan's valuable accounts of life at the ancient kingdom of Angkor.

Centuries later in the 1860's， the tales told by French explorer Henri Mouhot helped to convey to audiences in the west something of the air of rustic authenticity and languid pace of daily life based on rice harvests， hunting， fishing and foraging that continues to pervade the region's rural parts to this day.

Despite or perhaps because of its place at the region's geographical heart， remote parts of river-crossed rural and mountainous Laos have remained among the regions "best kept secrets".

At least， that was probably the case before waves of tourists wielding camera-equipped smartphones waded in.

The subsequent ripples were seen and felt by local and foreign film aficionados at the opening night of a near-week-long feast of feature-length films in the World Heritage Listed ancient capital of Luang Prabang that wraps up Wednesday.

It is the conundrum raised in the documentary Banana Pancakes and Children of Sticky Rice by dutch filmmaker Daan Veldhuizen， in which a collision of culinary mores in the title sets the scene for a wider questions on the sometimes turbulent confluence of foreign and local ways inherent in global leisure travel， in this case the backpacker variety.

The film's focus is centered upon the village of Muang Noi in the northern province of Luang Prabang on banks of the Nam Ou River， upon which it has long relied for transport of people and goods.

The pocket-sized town is surrounded by examples of the regions striking karst geography and boasts simple and readily affordable hospitality making it a haven for backpackers， budget tourists and adventure-seeking trekkers alike， particularly during the cool and dry winter high season.

The village is in a region home to a rich tapestry of traditional linguistic a.