Because "the White House has no money to buy desks for students", Macheng, Hubei Province has been pushed to the forefront. Some netizens collected pictures of Yang Yao, secretary of the municipal party committee of this city, and alleged that he had several watches, just like Yang Dacai, secretary of the party group and director of Shaanxi Provincial Administration of Work Safety, wore watches.

Yesterday, Yang Yao, secretary of Hubei Macheng Municipal Party Committee, responded to media reports that students in Weibo had brought their own desks and chairs to school and netizens questioned that they were wearing watches. Yang Yao said that the problem of rural primary and secondary school students bringing their own desks and chairs to school has indeed existed in cities for a long time. At present, financial arrangements and donated funds are purchasing the required desks and chairs through government procurement channels. As for some netizens who questioned that he was wearing a famous watch, he said, "This is the Longines electronic quartz watch he bought six years ago, and the value is believed to be known by netizens at a glance."

Yang Yao promised to completely solve the problem of updating desks in all primary and secondary schools in the city within three months. At present, financial arrangements and donated funds are purchasing the required desks and chairs through government procurement channels.