On June 11, the central government's budget for 2020 will be released to the public. In this regard, the person in charge of the Ministry of Finance answered questions from reporters.
1. What is the overall progress of my country's budget disclosure in recent years?
Answer: Budget disclosure is the core requirement of the reform of the budget management system and an important content of government information disclosure. It has an important role in promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. The Party Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to the open budget. The Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed "establishing a comprehensive, standardized, transparent, scientific and binding budget system." As a basic requirement of the budget system. The government information disclosure regulations amended and implemented in 2019 make clear provisions on the disclosure of financial budgets and final accounts.
In recent years, in accordance with the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Finance has actively improved the budget disclosure system, vigorously promoted budget disclosure, gave full play to the role of budget transparency in the supervision and restraint of government departments, and promoted the construction of a sunny government, responsible government, and service government. On the one hand, continue to strengthen the top-level design. Revise the Budget Law and its implementing regulations, report to the State Council for issuing a decision on deepening the reform of the budget management system, and establish a basic system for budget disclosure; report to the Central Office and the State Council for issuing opinions on further advancing budget disclosure, and clarify the main tasks and specifics of budget disclosure Requirements, etc., basically establish the framework of the open system of budget and final accounts. On the other hand, orderly advance the opening of budget and final accounts. Strengthen the disclosure of the central government's budget and final accounts, standardize the disclosure of the central government's budget and final accounts, and guide the central government to publish the sector's final accounts in accordance with the law and regulations, continuously expand the scope of disclosure, and refine the disclosure content. Build an open platform for central department budgets and final accounts on the portal of the Ministry of Finance, and centrally display information on central department budgets and final accounts. At the same time, it will actively guide the local financial departments to do a good job in the disclosure of local budgets and the disclosure of local government debt information.
2. What are the general requirements for the budget disclosure of the central government in 2020?
A: 2020 is the year of building a well-off society in an all-round way and ending the "13th Five-Year Plan". Doing a good job of making public the budget of the central department is of great significance to strengthening and improving budget management, accelerating the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, strengthening social supervision, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. General requirements for the disclosure of the central government budget in 2020:
One is to open according to law and regulations. Strictly implement the budget law and its implementation regulations, government information disclosure regulations and other regulations, fully implement the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on further advancing budget disclosure, insist on making public the norm, non-disclosure as the exception, and open the budget in accordance with the law and regulations.
The second is to improve publicity. In accordance with the requirements of improving the standard scientific, standardized, transparent and binding budget system, strengthen and improve the central government's budget disclosure work, perform the responsibility of disclosure subject in accordance with law, improve working methods, standardize work processes, and increase budget transparency.
The third is to focus on social concerns. Respond to the concerns of the masses in a timely manner, increase the breadth and depth of budget disclosure, further expand the number of project disclosures, refine the disclosure content, promote the disclosure of project expenditure performance targets, proactively expose the hot spots and focus projects in the society, and consciously accept the supervision of the masses.
3. Please introduce the basic situation of the central government budget disclosure in 2020.
A: The departmental budgets announced by the central government in 2020 include the departmental total income and expenditure table, departmental income total table, departmental expenditure total table, fiscal appropriation income and expenditure table, general public budget expenditure table, general public budget basic expenditure table, and general public budget. The "Three Publics" expenditure expenditure table, government fund budget expenditure table and other eight reports fully and truly reflect the overall situation of the department's revenue and expenditure and fiscal appropriation revenue and expenditure. In addition to classified information, general public budget expenditures are disclosed to expenditure-level item-level accounts, and basic expenditures are disclosed to departmental budget expenditure economic-level accounts.
While disclosing the above budget statements, each department also explained the increase and decrease of the budget revenue and expenditure, the organization’s operating fund arrangement, the “three public” funds, government procurement, the occupation of state-owned assets, budget performance management, and the items submitted to the National People’s Congress for review. , And explain the more specialized terms.
In order to make the public find, understand, and supervise, the department budgets of various departments, in addition to being published on the website of the department, continue to be displayed centrally on the “Central Opening and Budgeting Platform” set up on the portal website of the Ministry of Finance to facilitate the people’s supervision of government finances. jobs.
4. What are the new changes in the central government budget disclosure in 2020?
A: In 2020, 102 central departments published their budgets. Compared with 2019, the 2020 central government budget disclosure has the following changes:
One is to publicly implement the government's tighter days to reduce expenditures. This year’s government work report made it clear that governments at all levels must really have a tight life, and the central government should take the lead. The central government’s expenditure arrangements at the current level have a negative growth. Among them, non-urgent needs and non-rigid expenditures have been reduced by more than 50%. ,rearrange. In order to fully reflect the central government's strict implementation of the government's requirements for true tight days, this year when the central government made its budget public, it publicly implemented the tight days' requirements to reduce expenditures.
The second is to increase the disclosure of project expenditure budget. Project expenditure budget is an important part of departmental expenditure budget. Promoting the disclosure of project expenditure budgets is conducive to urging various departments to improve budget preparation, optimize expenditure structure, and improve the efficiency of fund utilization. The number of projects disclosed by the department this year was 83, which was further expanded compared to last year, including: "Ministry of Education" educational assistance project of the Ministry of Education, and implementation management project of the "Action Plan for the Prevention of Atmospheric, Water and Soil Pollution" of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment ", the National Medical Security Bureau "Medical Security System Construction Project", the All China Women's Federation "promotion of women and children's cause development and women's and children's rights protection project" and so on. The disclosed project content includes the project overview, project establishment basis, implementation subject, implementation plan, implementation cycle, annual budget arrangement, performance goals, etc.
The third is to continue to increase the disclosure of budget performance information. This year's government work report puts forward that we must vigorously improve quality and efficiency, that all expenditures must be carefully calculated, and that every sum of money must be spent on the edge of the knife. In order to implement the relevant requirements, this year the central department budget arrangement highlights performance orientation, deepens department budget performance management, and improves the use of budget funds. When the budget of the central department is released this year, in addition to the secret-related departments and secret-related information, the central department that submits the items to be reviewed by the National People's Congress will publicly submit the text and performance target form of the items under review.
5. In recent years, the scope of disclosure of performance targets for project expenditures by central authorities has been continuously expanded. Please tell us about this aspect.
Answer: The performance target is the foundation and leader of budget performance management, and the basic basis for budget execution performance monitoring and ex-post performance evaluation. It is of great significance for the implementation of the main responsibility of the fund-using unit and strengthening the self-management of the department. In order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the “Comprehensive Implementation of Performance Management” by the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and implement the requirements of the “Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Comprehensive Implementation of Budget Performance Management” With the full coverage of project expenditure performance target management in the central department, significant progress has also been made in the performance target disclosure work. The disclosure scope of performance targets of key projects has been expanded year by year. In 2017, the performance targets of 10 projects were first disclosed in the budget of the central government. In 2018 and 2019, 36 and 50 were disclosed, respectively, and increased to 109 in 2020, which was 2 of the previous year. More than doubled, not only enhanced the performance awareness of fund-using units, but also improved the transparency of department budgets and the credibility of government departments. At the same time, the quality of performance targets has gradually improved, and the Ministry of Finance has combined budget review and auditing issues to rectify and increase performance target review efforts; some central departments have actively organized third-party agencies or relevant experts to conduct performance target review to improve the scientific and reasonable performance targets The "task list, timetable, and effect chart" of financial funds are more clear and objective, so that the public can more directly see where the financial funds are arranged and how they are expected to be used.
Through the disclosure of performance targets of key projects, it has further opened up a “window” for all sectors of society to understand the performance of the government, which is conducive to urging departments to raise responsibilities and efficiency awareness, improve policies, improve management, and optimize budget arrangements. Improve the efficiency of the use of financial funds.