The People's Liberation Army has told its units to tighten management of their funds and to allocate more resources to grassroots branches.

In a circular recently issued by the PLA General Logistics Department, military units were ordered to strictly oversee and control spending of funds they raised outside the annual budget or were allotted by governments, both central and local.

The department said such funds are usually used to construct buildings and conference halls and thus are prone to loose supervision as well as misuse. The move aims to ensure that military units use the funds correctly.