Ministry of Finance of China: Guaranteeing the Funds for Prevention and Control of Epidemic Situation and the Basic Living of People in Difficulty
China News Agency, Beijing, April 20 (Reporter Zhao Jianhua) The Ministry of Finance of China announced on the 20th that as of April 19, all levels of finance have arranged a total of 145.2 billion yuan for epidemic prevention and control funds, and the funds for epidemic prevention and control in various regions are better guaranteed . Up to now, the central government has issued 156 billion yuan in subsidies for aid for the needy people, which has exceeded the actual number of last year's implementation, and supports all localities in ensuring the basic lives of people in need.
At the press conference held by the Ministry of Finance on the 20th, Wang Xinxiang, deputy director of the Social Security Department of the Ministry of Finance, released the above statistics.
Wang Xinxiang said that since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia, the financial department has given full support to the prevention and control of the outbreak. Make overall plans for the prevention and control of funding, "to ensure that the people do not dare to seek medical treatment because they are worried about the cost, and to ensure that medical treatment and epidemic prevention and control are not affected by funding problems in various places." At the same time, policies for tax reduction and fee reduction, fiscal discount policies, government procurement and storage policies, and employment promotion policies were introduced, taking multiple measures to fully support the resumption of production.
At the press conference, Chen Donghao, deputy director of the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance, introduced that the next step, the Ministry of Finance will continue to implement relevant policies and measures for tax reduction and fee reduction with relevant departments. At the same time, closely follow the epidemic situation and changes in the macroeconomic situation, and further study and improve tax and fee policy measures.
At the press conference, Wang Kebing, a first-level inspector of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance, introduced that under the influence of the epidemic, some local grassroots people are under greater pressure to protect their basic livelihood, wages, and operations, but the impact of the epidemic is staged. As the epidemic becomes effective Control, enterprises speed up the resumption of production and production, economic and social development work on the right track, fiscal revenue returned to normal, the pressure to ensure basic people's livelihood, wages, and operation will also gradually ease.
Wang Kebing said that in the next step, the central government will study the appropriate increase of the fiscal deficit rate in accordance with the “six guarantees” requirements put forward by the Politburo meeting of the Central Committee on April 17th. Local financial support for basic livelihoods, wages and operations. At the same time, closely follow the local financial operations, urge local governments to speed up the disbursement and use of funds, increase support for areas with severe epidemics and difficult areas, and make every effort to secure the bottom line of protecting basic livelihood, wages, and operations. (Finish)