"Direct access to funds" makes the policy of benefiting the enterprise and the people fully implemented
Special commentator for this newspaper
Today's Review
To ensure that direct funds are used on the cutting edge, it is very important to strengthen supervision within the government, and external supervision such as the supervision of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC, social supervision, and public opinion supervision is also indispensable.
The public should be encouraged to supervise and report. Regarding violations of laws and regulations, unreasonable use of direct funds, etc., how the public participates in supervision and reporting should issue more specific implementation rules.
The satisfaction of the masses should be taken as an important indicator to consider, improve the evaluation methods and survey methods of "popular satisfaction", and increase the weight of mass appraisal in the assessment.
Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on April 21 to deploy and further implement the normalized direct financial funds mechanism, and to better play the role of financial funds in benefiting enterprises and people.
The implementation of a direct mechanism for fiscal funds is a major measure of innovative macro-control.
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic last year, in order to reduce the operation of the intermediate links of financial funds and curb the phenomenon of "goose crossing and plucking", the central government adopted a shortcut method of directing financial funds to the grassroots and directly to the user units. The effect was much better than the original method.
In particular, the loss of funds in the process of operation has been significantly reduced, relevant parties and functional departments can no longer intervene or withhold direct funds, and the operation and use efficiency of fiscal funds has been significantly improved.
Last year, the central government allocated 1.7 trillion yuan of direct funds to implement tax and fee reductions at the grassroots level in cities and counties, which played a role in "sending charcoal in the snow" and provided important support for stabilizing the economic fundamentals.
On this basis, the direct mechanism will be normalized this year. Unlike last year, the direct funds were all incremental funds. This year, the direct funds are mainly stock funds. Through reforms and adjustments to the fund distribution benefit pattern, the central government’s livelihood subsidies will be integrated into the direct scope. The total amount of funds reached 2.8 trillion yuan.
How to handle the good things that are normalized by direct fiscal funds, and do it practically, so that direct funds can truly reach the people’s livelihood and directly reach the people’s hearts. It tests the level of public financial governance of relevant departments, and tests all levels of government, especially the city and county governments, to manage their finances in accordance with the law. Ability.
The executive meeting of the State Council made it clear that this year’s direct funds will be mainly used to support market entities in ensuring employment and people’s livelihood, allowing funds to flow to the direction and fields that the people hope, companies’ expectations, and grassroots wage insurance operations.
Therefore, the municipal and county governments must strictly follow the decision-making procedures to establish projects, scientifically arrange the use of direct funds, and ensure that direct funds are used to increase investment in basic people's livelihoods such as compulsory education, basic medical care, and basic housing.
Trust cannot replace supervision.
Finance and auditing departments at all levels should strengthen the supervision of the whole process, dynamically track the distribution, appropriation and use of local funds, and promptly discover and correct existing problems.
Informative means should be used to intensify inspections to find violations in a timely manner, and to actively supervise rectification if they are found to be slow in distribution or idle funds, and to investigate and deal with violations such as detained misappropriation, false claims and false claims, and find out the typical cases. The case was made public, so as to serve as an example.
The executive meeting of the State Council made it clear that it is necessary to ensure that direct funds are used on the cutting edge, and to give better play to the practical effects of benefiting the enterprise and the people.
This requires that the use of direct funds must not only be legal and compliant, but also accurate and efficient.
In this regard, beneficial explorations have been made in some places.
For example, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Budget Performance Management of the Whole Process of Beijing Direct Funds" in November 2020, which clearly stipulates the overall requirements, the content of performance management, the division of responsibilities and work requirements, and adopts rules. And discipline escorts direct funds throughout the entire journey.
It is particularly worth mentioning that for the first time, the Beijing Municipal Finance Department has broken through the current performance evaluation practices, "singling into the end" in performance evaluation, and directly hiring third-party agencies to carry out performance evaluations on major district-level projects.
In terms of direct fund budget performance management, Beijing has gained positive experience, which is worth learning from other places.
To ensure that direct funds are used on the cutting edge, it is very important to strengthen supervision within the government, and external supervision such as the supervision of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC, social supervision, and public opinion supervision is also indispensable.
In order to promote the continuous improvement of the management level of direct funds, public supervision and reporting should be encouraged.
Regarding violations of laws and regulations, unreasonable use of direct funds and other phenomena, how the public participates in supervision and reporting, more specific implementation rules should be issued.
In terms of performance evaluation, people’s satisfaction should be taken as an important consideration, the “baton” of the assessment should be well done, the evaluation methods and survey methods of “people’s satisfaction” should be perfected, the feelings of the people should be highlighted, and the weight of the evaluation of the people should be increased in the assessment.
Good management and use of direct funds is related to the implementation of the central government's policies and the overall situation of economic and social development. The tasks are arduous and the responsibilities are heavy.
Local governments and relevant departments must adhere to the people-centered development thinking, "strict" and "practical" first, implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council with a strong style, and do everything possible to manage and use direct funds to ensure that Every penny is used on the blade to maximize the benefits of benefiting the enterprise and the people.