Ministry of Finance： Give further play to the role of assessment in guiding and encouraging local governments.

　　CCTV News:On May 11, the State Council held a briefing on the implementation of major policies and measures in 2017. Li Jinghui, director of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance, said that in accordance with the unified arrangements of the State Council, the Ministry of Finance took the lead in five assessment and incentive work, including local financial management, poverty alleviation, de-capacity, employment and entrepreneurship, and promotion of the government and social capital cooperation (PPP) model. Through careful organization and implementation, the assessment and incentive work has achieved remarkable results and formed a good situation of taking the initiative and competing for development.

　　In response to a reporter’s question, Li Jinghui said that in order to further play the role of assessment in guiding and encouraging local governments, the assessment methods have been improved and improved in accordance with the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to strengthen financial management. Mainly includes:

　　First, increase the assessment of the progress of budget implementation. The purpose is to encourage local governments to do a good job in budget implementation and give full play to the efficiency of the use of financial funds as soon as possible. In 2018, the assessment of the progress of general public budget expenditure was further strengthened. The faster the expenditure progress, the higher the score, guiding local governments to speed up the implementation of various people’s livelihood expenditures and promote economic and social development.

　　The second is to increase income quality assessment. Fiscal revenue includes tax revenue and non-tax revenue. By assessing the proportion of tax revenue, we will guide local governments to improve the quality of fiscal revenue and prevent illegal charges or arbitrary charges. The higher the proportion of tax revenue, the higher the score, indicating that the quality of fiscal revenue has improved, and the greater the reward in 2018.

　　The third is to increase the assessment of the overall use of financial funds. Guide provincial finance to clean up and compress special funds, increase the proportion of general transfer payments below the provincial level, and improve the ability of grassroots finance to make overall arrangements for funds. In 2018, the weight of this assessment was increased, guiding the provincial level to take further measures to increase the financial resources available at the grassroots level and effectively guarantee the key expenditures at the grassroots level.

　　The fourth is to increase the public assessment of the budget. Promote local governments to open their budgets as required and accept social supervision, so as to promote the improvement of budget management level and fund use performance. In 2018, the assessment of the completeness and standardization of the budget disclosure content was increased, and it was fully open and standardized. Whoever did a good job would be given extra points and rewards.

　　The fifth is to raise the reward standard. In 2018, the gold content of incentive measures was further improved, with each city and county increasing by 5 million yuan, that is, 30 million yuan for each city and 20 million yuan for each county in the eastern region, 35 million yuan for each city and 25 million yuan for each county in the central and western regions.