Accommodation reimbursement standard of public institutions

Legal analysis: the staff of municipal government agencies will be provided with fixed-point accommodation on business trips. Accommodation reimbursement standard: deputy personnel at provincial (ministerial) level and above (that is, deputy personnel at prefecture level and above) live in apartments, staff at department (bureau) level live in standard rooms or single rooms with the same price, and staff at department level and below live in standard rooms. If the number of business travelers is odd (including the opposite sex), a single person can live in a standard room. Business travelers must stay in designated hotels. Personnel traveling in other provinces (cities) under the jurisdiction of the city shall provide hotel accommodation in accordance with the Catalogue of Hotels Designated by Central State Organs, and the accommodation fees shall be reimbursed according to the charging standards of hotels designated by Central State organs. Personnel on business trips within the municipal area shall be provided with hotel accommodation specified in the hotel catalogue designated by the municipal authorities, and the accommodation fee shall be reimbursed according to the charging standard credentials specified by the municipal authorities. If there is no designated hotel on a business trip, the accommodation fee will be reimbursed according to the upper limit of the accommodation fee standard of the location, city and state. Designated hotels are determined through bidding and negotiation, and the list will be announced separately. Staff of public institutions are not allowed to stay in designated places on business trips, and their accommodation reimbursement standards are reimbursed according to the credentials within the upper limit of accommodation standards for staff of the same rank specified in the Catalogue of Designated Hotels in Business Places.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Travel Expenses of Central and State Organs

Article 11 Accommodation fee refers to the rental expenses incurred by staff during their business trip in hotels (including hotels and guest houses, the same below).

Twelfth financial sector to develop accommodation fee limit standards. The finance departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and cities under separate state planning shall, according to the local economic and social development level, market price and consumption level, put forward the accommodation fee limit standard of this city (provincial capital cities, municipalities directly under the central government and cities under separate state planning, the same below) and report it to the Ministry of Finance. After the Ministry of Finance makes overall research and puts forward opinions and gives feedback to the local authorities for examination and confirmation, it will uniformly issue the standard of the accommodation fee limit for the staff of the central unit to travel to the relevant areas. For cities with obvious seasonal changes in accommodation prices, the accommodation fee limit standard may be appropriately increased by a certain proportion in the peak season, and the specific provisions shall be promulgated separately by the Ministry of Finance.

Thirteenth ministerial level and equivalent level personnel live in ordinary suites, bureau level and below personnel live in single rooms or standard rooms.

Fourteenth business travelers should choose safe, economical and convenient hotel accommodation within the accommodation standard limit corresponding to their job level.