Data map: Ministry of Finance. Photo by China News Network reporter Jin Shuo
Chinanews.com Client, March 5th (Xie Yiguan), Deputy Minister of Finance Xu Hongcai said at a press conference on the 5th that as of March 4th, all levels of finance had arranged 110.48 billion yuan for epidemic prevention and control funds, and 714.3 have been used so far. 100 million yuan, unused funds were 39.05 billion yuan. Among them, the central government has specially arranged 25.75 billion yuan, and on the basis of the transfer payments that were issued in advance in the fourth quarter of last year, the general transfer payment funds have been pre-allocated, and local governments have been required to strengthen the allocation and use of funds to alleviate the pressure on fiscal expenditures and effectively Guarantee the basic "three guarantees" funding needs. The Ministry of Finance will also release various transfer payment funds in time to increase support for local governments.