Today we are holding the fourth press conference with the theme of "China in These Ten Years". We have invited Mr. Xu Hongcai, Vice Minister of Finance, Mr. Wang Lujin, Deputy Auditor General of the National Audit Office, and Mr. Wang Daoshu, Deputy Director of the State Administ

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Shou Xiaoli (photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Shou Xiaoli, deputy director and spokesperson of the External Information Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department: Ladies and gentlemen, good morning! Welcome to the press conference of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Today we are holding the fourth press conference with the theme of "China in These Ten Years". We have invited Mr. Xu Hongcai, Vice Minister of Finance, Mr. Wang Lujin, Deputy Auditor General of the Audit Office, and Mr. Wang Daoshu, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Taxation. Please invite them We will introduce the fiscal and taxation reform and development to everyone, and answer questions that everyone is interested in.

Next, we first ask Mr. Xu Hongcai to make an introduction.

2022-05-17 10:04:08

Xu Hongcai (photo by Xu Xiang)

Vice Minister of Finance Xu Hongcai: Ladies and gentlemen, fellow journalists, good morning! I am very pleased to attend today's press conference to introduce the development of China's fiscal reform over the past ten years. First of all, on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all journalists and friends for their long-term concern and support for the financial cause!

Our party has always attached great importance to and continuously strengthened its leadership in financial work. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that finance is the foundation and important pillar of national governance, pushing financial work into a new historical period. Over the past ten years, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the Ministry of Finance has adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, implemented the new development concept, conscientiously organized and implemented proactive fiscal policies, and continuously improved the macroeconomics. Control , focusing on the "big ones", strengthen funding and policy guarantees, deepen the reform of the fiscal and taxation system, actively play the role of "breakthrough" and "first march" in comprehensively deepening the reform, promote economic operation to remain within a reasonable range, and enhance high quality Develop the quality of .

Over the past ten years, our financial strength has continued to increase. With the steady and healthy development of the economy, national fiscal revenue has maintained a rapid growth rate, and the fiscal "cake" is getting bigger and bigger. From 2012 to 2021, the country's general public budget revenue increased from 11.73 trillion yuan to 20.25 trillion yuan, accumulating 163.05 trillion yuan in ten years, with an average annual growth rate of 6.9%, providing a solid financial guarantee for achieving the first centenary goal. The scale of national fiscal expenditure is expanding year by year. The national general public budget expenditure has increased from 12.6 trillion yuan in 2012 to 24.63 trillion yuan in 2021, with a total of 193.64 trillion yuan in ten years, an average annual growth of 8.5%, which has effectively promoted the comprehensive development and progress of economic and social undertakings.

Over the past ten years, fiscal macro-control has been continuously improved. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that macro-control must adapt to the characteristics of development stages and changes in the economic situation. Demand must be expanded when it is time to expand demand, and supply must be adjusted when it is time to adjust supply. Make decisions carefully and prescribe accurate prescriptions. From 2012 to 2021, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Finance continued to implement proactive fiscal policies, timely and appropriate pre-adjustments and fine-tuning, which effectively reduced the impact of economic cycle fluctuations and strongly supported high-quality economic and social development. Maintain the intensity of necessary fiscal expenditures to better ensure the country’s major strategic tasks. Precisely implement tax cuts and fee reductions, reducing the burden on enterprises by 8.8 trillion yuan from 2013 to 2021, and continuously stimulating market vitality. Scientifically arrange the scale of government debt. From 2015 to 2021, arrange for an additional 12.2 trillion yuan in local government special bond quotas to support the expansion of effective investment. We will fully implement the requirements of "living a tight life", strictly control general expenditures, and free up more financial resources to focus on key points and make up for shortcomings. Innovatively establish and implement a direct mechanism for fiscal funds on a regular basis to promote the sinking of financial resources and support the steady and long-term development of economic and social development.

html Over the past four decades, financial protection has become more precise and effective. Advancing the party's cause must be supported by sufficient financial resources. The Ministry of Finance has always insisted on focusing on the center and serving the overall situation, strengthening financial guarantees, concentrating financial resources to do major things, supporting self-reliance in science and technology, strengthening basic people's livelihood guarantees, promoting coordinated development of urban and rural areas, supporting the victory in the battle against poverty, fighting against pollution, etc., and focusing on solving problems. Address the problems of unbalanced and inadequate development and promote the construction of a new development pattern and the achievement of high-quality development.In the past ten years, the national general public budget expenditure on science and technology has reached 7.1 trillion yuan, and the national fiscal education expenditure has been 28.88 trillion yuan. These are the figures from 2012 to 2020. The fiscal investment in education in 2021 is still being counted, and social security and employment expenditure 23.11 trillion yuan.

html Over the past four decades, the reform of the fiscal and taxation system has been advanced in depth. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that a scientific fiscal and taxation system is an institutional guarantee for optimizing resource allocation, maintaining market unity, promoting social equity, and achieving long-term stability in the country. The Ministry of Finance focuses on establishing a modern fiscal system and accelerating reforms in key areas. Deepen the reform of the budget management system and establish a comprehensive, full-process, and full-coverage budget performance management system. A reform plan for the division of fiscal powers and expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments in major areas was introduced. We will continue to deepen the reform of value-added tax and corporate income tax, initially establish a comprehensive and classified personal income tax system, steadily advance and improve the local tax system, and solidly promote the reform of state-owned assets, state-owned enterprises, finance and other fields. Financial and accounting supervision has been strengthened, financial disciplines have been strictly enforced, and the level of financial governance has been steadily improved.

html Over the past four decades, international financial and economic cooperation has been carried out in depth. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we must hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win, promote the construction of a new type of international relations, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. The Ministry of Finance deepens practical cooperation in the financial field, and uses the G20, BRICS, countries, the "1+6" roundtable dialogue, APEC, etc. to strengthen multilateral and bilateral financial dialogues. Propose the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, promote the establishment of the New Development Bank, prepare for the establishment of a multilateral development and financing cooperation center, and promote the "One Belt, One Road" initiative to deepen and become more concrete. Independently reduce the overall tariff level significantly from 9.8% in 2010 to 7.4%, actively support the construction of a high-standard free trade zone network, and promote the construction of a higher-level new open economic system .

Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the press, this year is a year of special importance in the new era and new journey. Our party will hold the 20th National Congress. The Ministry of Finance will unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, deeply understand the decisive significance of " two to establish ", strengthen the " four consciousness ", strengthen the " four self-confidence ", and do to " two safeguard ", keep in mind the "big one in the country", better play the foundation and important pillar role of finance in national governance, put stability first, seek progress while maintaining stability, implement active fiscal policies, and serve the development of the party and the country. overall situation, and take practical actions to welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China!

Thank you.

2022-05-17 10:13:09

Shou Xiaoli: Thank you, Vice Minister Xu Hongcai, for your introduction. Next, we ask Mr. Wang Daoshu to make an introduction.

2022-05-17 10:26:16

Wang Daoshu (Photo by Xu Xiang)

Wang Daoshu, Deputy Director of the State Administration of Taxation: Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media, good morning! First of all, on behalf of the Party Committee of the State Administration of Taxation and Director Wang Jun, please let me express my heartfelt thanks to friends from the media for their long-term concern and support for taxation work. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to the taxpayers and payers for their long-term support for taxation work. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the National Taxation Bureau for their contribution, understanding and support to taxation work!

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has promoted historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country. In the past ten years, the tax system has adhered to the leadership of the Party and strengthened the construction of political institutions. Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, conscientiously study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important expositions and important instructions on taxation work, deeply understand the decisive significance of the “two establishments”, and enhance the “four consciousnesses” , strengthen the "four self-confidences" and achieve "two maintenances", the construction of political institutions continues to advance, and the party's leadership over taxation work is comprehensively strengthened.

In the past ten years, tax reform has been fully developed and advanced in depth.The tax system conscientiously implements the major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, cooperates with the financial department to continue to promote tax system reform, and accelerates the implementation of the legal principle of taxation. The reform of the transfer of social security fees and non-tax collection responsibilities has been implemented smoothly. The reform of the tax collection and management system has been based on cooperation. From merger to synthesis, an optimized, efficient and unified tax collection and administration system has been initially built, which better plays the basic, pillar and guarantee role of taxation in national governance.

In the past ten years, the tax department has kept the overall situation in mind and served the development. The tax system has always adhered to the principle of "doing a good job in party affairs, doing a good job in taxation, and leading a good team", actively serving the overall economic and social development and achieving remarkable results, serving the role of modernizing the national governance system and governance capabilities, and the influence of my country's taxation in the world continues to increase. Here, I use several sets of data to introduce to you the results achieved by the tax department in serving economic and social development in the past ten years:

The first set of data: In the past ten years, the tax department has organized tax revenue of more than 110 trillion yuan, providing a solid foundation for high-quality development. financial security. The tax department has always insisted on organizing tax revenue in accordance with laws and regulations, resolutely not collecting "excessive taxes and fees", and has successfully achieved budget revenue targets year after year. The tax revenue organized by taxation departments across the country (excluding export tax rebates, excluding customs duties and customs import taxes) increased from 9.5 trillion yuan in 2013 to 15.5 trillion yuan in 2021, with a total of 112 trillion yuan, an annual average With an increase of 6.8%, taxation has effectively played its role in raising fiscal revenue.

The second set of data: In the past ten years, the tax department has implemented a total of 8.8 trillion yuan in new tax cuts and fee reductions. my country's macro tax burden has dropped from 18.7% in 2012 to 15.1% in 2021, especially since the implementation of the 2019 update. Large-scale tax cuts and fee reductions reduced the macro tax burden by 1 percentage point that year compared with 2018.

The third set of data: In the past ten years, the number of new tax-related market entities has exceeded 90 million, effectively stimulating the vitality of market entities. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the comprehensive influence of tax cuts and fee reductions and other macro-policies, the innovation and entrepreneurship vitality of the whole society has continued to be stimulated. The total number of new tax-related market entities nationwide has reached 93.15 million, with an average annual increase of more than 10 million; value-added The number of general tax payers has increased from 5.44 million at the end of 2015 to 12.38 million at the end of 2021, and the effect of "releasing water to raise fish" continues to show.

The fourth set of data: Over the past ten years, my country’s tax treaty network has covered 112 countries and regions, and the circle of international friends has become larger and larger. Initiated the establishment of the first multilateral international tax platform in the field of taxation - the "Belt and Road" tax collection and administration cooperation mechanism. This mechanism was rated as the world's most influential cooperation mechanism in 2021-2022 by the "International Tax Review", an authoritative magazine in the global international tax community.

Ladies and gentlemen, friends, we are well aware that we are in line with the people’s growing needs for a better life and the expectations of taxpayers, especially focusing on coping with the current downward pressure on the economy, helping enterprises to relieve difficulties, To serve the overall situation of "six stability" and "six guarantees", the tax department needs to continue to work harder. In the next step, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will redouble our efforts in taxation work with greater determination, tougher measures, and a more pragmatic style, and use practical actions to welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China! Thank you all!

2022-05-17 10:36:49

Shou Xiaoli: Thank you, Deputy Director Wang Daoshu, for your introduction. Now, Mr. Wang Lujin will give the introduction.

2022-05-17 10:50:42

Wang Lujin (Photo by Xu Xiang)

Deputy Auditor General of the Audit Office Wang Lujin: Good morning everyone! First of all, I would like to thank my media friends for their concern and support for the audit work.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to audit work, focusing on the overall development of the party and the country's undertakings, reforming the audit management system, improving the audit system , and giving full play to the role of auditing in the party and state supervision system. important role. Let me briefly introduce the specific results achieved from three aspects:

First, strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee on audit work, and promote the establishment of a centralized, unified, comprehensive, authoritative and efficient audit supervision system to continuously achieve new progress.The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to reform the audit management system and establish a Central Audit Committee to effectively strengthen the top-level design, overall layout, overall planning, coordination, overall promotion, and supervision of implementation of major work in the field of auditing. , better play the role of audit supervision.

Second, with the "greatest country" in mind, we have continuously achieved new results by strengthening audit supervision around the central work of the party and the state. The audit institutions at all levels must resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, based on the positioning that "audit supervision is economic supervision first", and fully perform audit supervision responsibilities in accordance with the law. Over the past ten years, audit agencies across the country have audited more than 1.09 million units, promoting increased revenue and expenditure reduction and recovering losses of more than 4.3 trillion yuan.

Third, strictly manage the audit team and promote continuous improvement in the construction of the audit itself. Audit agencies at all levels insist on integrating political orientation and political requirements throughout the entire audit process, adhere to auditing in accordance with the law, be objective and fair, and strive to cultivate a professional spirit that dares to take responsibility and solid and strong professional capabilities, so as to find out the truth, tell the truth, and report the truth.

Financial audit is the basic responsibility granted to audit agencies by the Constitution and the Audit Law. Over the years, audit agencies have always regarded financial auditing as a "top priority" and have continued to increase audit efforts on the implementation of fiscal policies and the management and use of fiscal funds. They have promoted the deepening of the reform of the fiscal and taxation systems, strengthened the coordination of fiscal resources, and improved the performance of the use of fiscal funds. , Enhance financial support for major national strategic tasks.

Currently, affected by various factors such as the COVID-19 epidemic, the complexity, severity, and uncertainty of my country's economic development environment have increased, and the economic operation is facing new challenges. The national audit institutions will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, insist on putting stability first and seeking progress while maintaining stability, solidly perform audit supervision responsibilities, promote the improvement of the effectiveness of proactive fiscal policies, do a good job in the "six stability" and "six guarantees", and promote Stabilize the macroeconomic market , keep the economy operating within a reasonable range, and welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions!

I will introduce these first, thank you all!

2022-05-17 10:53:44

Shou Xiaoli: Thank you, Deputy Auditor General Wang Lujin, for your introduction. Now comes the question and answer session. Please inform your news organization before asking.

2022-05-17 11:06:25

Southern Metropolis Daily reporter asked (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Southern Metropolis Daily reporter: What are the results of my country's continuous tax and fee reductions in the past ten years? Facing the new downward pressure on the current economy, what new tax and fee measures will the financial department introduce? How will the tax department ensure that these tax and fee reduction measures are implemented? And how is the implementation of the new combined tax support policy this year? Thanks.

2022-05-17 11:08:26

Xu Hongcai: Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the financial department has continuously deepened tax reform and continued to promote tax and fee reductions in accordance with the requirements of "scientific tax types, optimized structures, sound laws, and fair norms". .

First, continue to deepen the value-added tax reform to achieve "only reduction but not increase" in the tax burden of all industries. In 2012, the " to VAT to VAT" pilot was implemented. In 2016, the "BAT to VAT to VAT" pilot was fully launched. In 2017, the 13% tax rate was canceled and the four tax brackets were simplified into three. In 2018 and 2019, the value-added tax rate was continuously reduced. Tax tax rate, reducing the standard tax rate of 17% to 13%, while expanding the scope of input tax deductions and establishing a tax refund system for end-of-period excess credits. While basically establishing a modern value-added tax system, the tax burden of all industries has been "only reduced but not increased". ”, significantly reducing the tax burden on taxpayers.

The second is to optimize the corporate income tax system and support the innovative development of enterprises. We have implemented preferential tax policies covering the entire innovation chain including venture capital, innovation entities, and R&D activities. In particular, we have continued to increase the policy of super deduction of R&D expenses and , and strive to cultivate new drivers of economic development.

The third is to implement personal income tax reform to reduce the tax burden on low- and middle-income groups.This includes raising the threshold for personal income tax, clarifying the scope of comprehensive income taxation, establishing special additional deduction items, optimizing and adjusting the tax rate structure, and initially establishing a personal income tax system that combines comprehensive and classified income tax.

Fourth, we will steadily advance the reform of other tax types and improve the modern tax system. Including improving the consumption tax system, promoting the reform of resource and environmental tax systems, improving the local tax system, etc.

Generally speaking, in the past ten years, the tax system reform has the following three characteristics:

First, it has always focused on the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, served the country's major strategies, insisted on improving the tax system and tax reduction, and promoted high-quality social and economic development. From 2013 to 2021, a total of 8.8 trillion yuan in new tax cuts and fee reductions have been implemented, which has effectively supported market entities to carry out light tasks and accelerate development.

Second, we must always adapt to the external environment of economic globalization and strive to build a community of interests. Grasping the development trend of the international tax system, we have introduced a series of reform measures to promote inclusive growth and green tax systems, actively participated in the research and formulation of international tax rules for the digital economy, effectively safeguarded our country's tax interests, and independently increased the overall tariff level from 2010 to 9.8% dropped to 7.4%.

Third, we have always focused on the standardization and legalization of the tax system, initially established a modern tax system, and the role of taxation in national governance has continued to increase. The tax system structure has been continuously optimized. In 2021, the national tax revenue will be 17.3 trillion yuan, and the tax revenue will account for 85.3% of the general public budget revenue. In 2021, the proportion of directly taxing will reach 36%. Of course, the 17.3 trillion yuan in national tax revenue I mentioned just now includes not only domestic taxes, but also tariffs and customs levied taxes.

In accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, a new combined tax and fee support policy will be implemented this year. It is expected that tax rebates and fee reductions for the whole year will be approximately 2.5 trillion yuan. Among them, the large-scale value-added tax tax refund is the main content. The annual tax refund is about 1.5 trillion yuan. This refers to the new area and the introduction of new policies. The new tax refund is 1.5 trillion yuan. The Ministry of Finance, in conjunction with the State Administration of Taxation and other relevant departments, has accelerated the implementation of the excess tax refund policy, directly increasing cash flow for enterprises, and using real money to help enterprises reduce their burdens and relieve them.

In the next step, the Ministry of Finance will further implement various tax support policies and speed up the implementation of established policies such as value-added tax refunds for large enterprises, including micro and small ones, so we think medium and large ones should be implemented in advance. Accelerate the implementation progress, release policy dividends as soon as possible, help enterprises relieve difficulties, enhance the endogenous power of development, and promote the economy to operate within a reasonable range. At the same time, the Ministry of Finance will also implement the requirements of the Political Bureau meeting of the CPC Central Committee, plan incremental policy tools, and make every effort to expand domestic demand.

Thank you.

2022-05-17 11:10:03

王道树: I will make a few additions. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have regarded tax reduction and fee reduction as an important measure to deepen the supply-side structural reform, and have continued to deploy and implement a series of tax reduction and fee reduction policies. The scale of tax cuts and fee reductions is unprecedented, and the scope of benefits is unprecedentedly broad. It has played an important role in reducing the burden on market entities and stimulating the vitality of market entities.

The State Administration of Taxation has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions and instructions, and in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, firmly shouldered the major political responsibility of tax reduction and fee reduction, and innovatively implemented what we call the "Nine Ones for Short Level, Fast and Excellent" work method , that is, a flag leads, a chess game coordinates, and a table Promote, stick to the end, provide a package of services, answer questions with one mouth, calculate with a ruler, integrated supervision, and work together to ensure that tax policies are "knowable on the code", consultation is "available online", and business is "online" It can be done” and the operation is “feasible on the palm of your hand”, and we will make every effort to ensure that the dividends of tax reduction and fee reduction policies reach market entities directly with the fastest speed and highest efficiency.

Since this year, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have deployed and implemented new combined tax and fee support policies. Minister Xu has just introduced that it is expected that the annual tax refund and reduction will be about 2.5 trillion yuan, of which the new value-added tax credit refund will be about 1.5 trillion yuan.Focusing on the key measures to implement large-scale VAT refunds this year, the national tax system adheres to the implementation of "fine services, direct access and quick enjoyment, scientific prevention, crackdown on fraud and refunds, strict investigation of internal errors, continuous publicity, speed, accuracy and stability" In order to meet the work requirements, the information system has been iteratively upgraded 12 times, the "contactless" application of the electronic tax bureau has been strengthened, and the "online + offline" speed and efficiency have been improved to combat the epidemic and guarantee tax refunds. The tax bureaus of all provinces, cities, and counties have carried out in-depth "top-level procedures" to respond immediately to taxpayers' demands and take immediate rectifications when problems are discovered to ensure that the "last mile" of policy implementation is efficient, smooth and direct for quick enjoyment. With regard to illegal and criminal acts of defrauding the tax refund due to the excess credit, we insist on cracking down on the first sight, early and small, and accurate and severe. From April 1st to May 16, a total of 2,880 companies suspected of defrauding the tax refund were opened and inspected. This has been publicly exposed across the country. There were 118 cases of tax fraud with retained tax credits, sending a strong signal that “tax fraud must be severely punished” and “illegal acts must be severely punished”, and we must not let the “red envelopes” of tax reductions and fee reductions fall into the pockets of criminals. At the same time, a total of 25 cases of tax officials' dereliction of duty and negligence were exposed, especially a very small number of cases of internal and external collusion that were investigated, demonstrating the firm attitude of "zero tolerance" and the firm insistence that "forging iron requires one's own hardness."

Regarding the implementation of the new combined tax support policy, Minister Hongcai also mentioned just now that we have reduced tax burdens and increased cash flow for enterprises by more than 1.6 trillion yuan this year, which specifically includes three areas: 1. From April 1 to May 16, a total of 979.6 billion yuan in excess tax refunds were refunded to corporate accounts. In addition to the 123.3 billion yuan in continued implementation of the old VAT tax refund policy that had been introduced in the first quarter, the total this year is 1.1029 billion yuan. The tax refund was refunded to the taxpayer's account. Second, in the first quarter, 198 billion yuan of new tax cuts and fees were implemented across the country. Third, the deferred payment of taxes and fees for manufacturing small, medium and micro enterprises of 377.8 billion yuan has been implemented since this year. These policy dividends have played an important role in relieving difficulties and boosting confidence for enterprises, especially small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.

Thank you!

2022-05-17 11:17:04

China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

China Central Radio and Television Station CCTV reporter: Many places have recently announced fiscal revenue data for April, which showed a large decline. What are the national fiscal revenue and expenditure data? Thanks.

2022-05-17 11:25:09

Xu Hongcai: Thank you for your question. I will answer this question. Everyone is paying close attention to this issue. Let me explain the situation in detail.

In accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, a new combined tax and fee support policy will be implemented this year. I have said it before, and Director Wang also said it just now. The tax refund and reduction for this year will be about 2.5 trillion yuan, of which the newly added value-added tax credit refund is 1.5 trillion yuan. On the one hand, this is a strong support for enterprises to reduce their burdens. Relief will also result in a reduction in fiscal revenue. Our tax refund is handled in our accounting by offsetting income, not by increasing fiscal subsidies or fiscal expenditures. Therefore, Director Wang just mentioned that the figure for the tax refund for excess tax credits should be offset on the basis of existing fiscal revenue. April is the first month of the implementation of large-scale tax credit refunds. The policy effects are concentrated and enterprises are very enthusiastic. , the tax department also works very hard. That month, the national value-added tax refund was approximately 800 billion yuan. The implementation progress of this figure exceeded our expectations. This 800 billion yuan is used to offset income. How much is it equivalent to last year's income? We compared the monthly revenue figures in April last year, which was approximately 800 billion yuan, equivalent to 37.5% of the revenue in April last year. In other words, if the tax refund is implemented, the income in April will drop by 37.5%. This is done relative to the whole country. In regions with developed manufacturing industries, especially some eastern provinces, the proportion will be higher, that is, it will exceed 37.5%. In this case, due to the extremely large impact of the tax credit and refund factor, the fiscal revenue caliber from January to April is in fact incomparable with the caliber last year.Of course, in addition to tax cuts and fee reductions such as retained tax refunds, we also have other tax cuts and fee reductions. We just mentioned 1.5 trillion yuan in retained tax refunds, and other tax cuts and fee reductions of another 1 trillion yuan. These other tax cuts, as well as some tax deferment measures, will also have an impact on fiscal revenue from January to April.

After deducting a total of 800 billion yuan in value-added tax refunds and reductions from January to April, national fiscal revenue increased by 5%, which was slightly lower than the cumulative increase from January to March (8.6%).

html Looking at the 4 tax types, the cumulative domestic value-added tax from January to April increased by 1.8% after deducting the excess tax refund, and the domestic consumption tax increased by 15.5%. The value-added tax and consumption tax on imported goods are the part of the value-added tax and consumption tax collected by the customs. An increase of 17.8%, corporate income tax increased by 5.4%, and export tax rebates increased by 153.3 billion compared with January to April last year, an increase of 28.4%.

html The cumulative national general public budget expenditures from January to April increased by 5.9% year-on-year, accounting for 30.3% of the budget. Expenditures in key areas such as people's livelihood were effectively guaranteed, and expenditures in science and technology, agriculture, forestry, water, health, social security, employment, and education were These relatively important livelihood expenditures grew by 15.5%, 12.9%, 7.5%, 4.4% and 4.1% respectively. What needs special mention is the expenditure on special bond arrangements using the government fund budget , that is, the expenditure on special bond arrangements for local governments is 1.11 trillion yuan, an increase of 1 trillion yuan over the same period last year, which has played a role in promoting the expansion of effective investment and It plays a positive role in effectively stabilizing the macroeconomic market. This is the situation across the country.

From a local perspective, after deducting the cumulative value-added tax refund and reduction from January to April, local fiscal revenue increased by 5.4%. Among the 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 23 regions increased and 8 regions declined.

Of course, it should be noted that the VAT tax refund will cause a reduction in local fiscal revenue. Although we just adjusted it from the perspective of caliber, the implementation of the real retained tax refund will cause a reduction in local financial resources. For this part of the reduction, the central government will make up for this reduction through transfer payment . The compensation is basically in place, and the local financial resources can be effectively protected.

We have also analyzed the treasury situation of the central and local treasury, and I will also tell you about it here. As of the end of April, the national fiscal treasury balance was 4.94 trillion yuan. This treasury balance is the money collected by the fiscal year that year, minus the money spent, and the remaining balance. Of course, this money also deducts the tax refund and refund. The total balance of corporate money and the national treasury is 4.94 trillion yuan, an increase of about 440 billion yuan or 9.6% from the end of April last year. The balance of local treasury funds is 4.56 trillion yuan, an increase of about 500 billion yuan or 12.2% over the previous year.

Generally speaking, the growth rate of fiscal revenue fell back in April. This is mainly a reflection of the increased efforts of fiscal and taxation departments at all levels to implement the tax reduction and refund policies of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is also a proactive measure to respond to the downward pressure on the economy through proactive fiscal policies. The subtraction of fiscal revenue results in the addition of corporate benefits and the multiplication of market vitality. At the same time, the fundamentals of my country's economy being stable and improving in the long term have not changed. As the results of coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development become apparent, fiscal revenue will also steadily rebound.

In the next step, the Ministry of Finance will continue to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on tax rebates and tax reductions, implement fiscal policy in advance, make good use of the policy toolbox, and make sufficient advance progress to contribute to stabilizing the macroeconomic market and promote economic operation at a healthy pace. Reasonable interval. Thanks.

2022-05-17 11:34:02

Cover news reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Cover news reporter: This question was submitted to Wang Lujin, Deputy Auditor General of the Audit Office. We know that financial auditing is the basic responsibility of audit agencies. Could you please give us a detailed introduction to the achievements of auditing in promoting the reform of the fiscal and taxation systems and improving the performance of the use of fiscal funds, especially in promoting the implementation of the spirit of the eight central regulations and the tight living requirements? What results? Thanks.

2022-05-17 11:44:47

Wang Lujin: Thank you for your question. State audit first examines finance, and financial audit is the eternal theme of state audit.Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, auditing agencies have closely followed the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focused on the true and legal benefits of fiscal revenue and expenditure, and continuously strengthened and improved fiscal auditing work, actively played the role of audit supervision, and promoted fiscal and taxation reform. and development. I will introduce the situation in three aspects:

First, we will focus on deepening the reform of the fiscal system. Focusing on the requirements of establishing a budget system that is comprehensive, standardized, transparent, scientific in standards, and with strong constraints, we strengthen budget execution and final account draft audits, expand department budget execution audits, strengthen key special fund audits, and realize budget allocation, approval, implementation, and Adjust to the supervision of the entire process of final account preparation, and promote the complete unification of the government budget system . Focusing on establishing a fiscal relationship between the central and local governments with clear powers and responsibilities, coordinated financial resources, and balanced regional development, we mobilized the enthusiasm of both central and local governments and further promoted the audit of transfer payment funds. During the audit process, we continued to pay attention to the establishment of transfer payment projects. Reasonableness, scientific sharing of central and local finances, accuracy of fund allocation, timeliness of budget release and fund allocation, compliance and efficiency of fund use, etc., to promote balanced financial resources and equalization of basic public services among regions.

The second is to focus on promoting proactive fiscal policies to improve efficiency. Focusing on the implementation of proactive fiscal policies, we have increased audit efforts in fiscal fund performance management, overall planning and revitalization of existing funds, and local government special bonds to promote the improvement of the performance of fiscal funds. I will introduce two tasks: the first is the audit of direct funds. The central government has established a direct mechanism for financial funds to direct funds to local grassroots levels. In recent years, the audit agency has continued to follow up and supervise, paying attention to all aspects of distribution, appropriation, management and use, and promote Timely disbursement, accurate use, safe and efficient. Judging from the audit situation, the direct mechanism has made the release of fiscal funds faster, more precise investment, and more effective supervision. It has played an important supporting role in doing a good job in ", six stability, ", implementing the "six guarantees" task, and ensuring the stable development of the economy and society. . Another task is the audit of special debts. For local government special bond funds, strengthen the audit of the entire process of borrowing, use, management and repayment, promote and standardize the management of special bond quota allocation, application for issuance, fund use, debt repayment, etc., improve the efficiency of the use of bond funds, and better utilize special projects. The positive role of bonds in improving the effectiveness of proactive fiscal policies and expanding effective investment.

The third is to focus on promoting the implementation of the spirit of the eight central regulations and the strict living requirements. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, audit agencies across the country have always regarded the implementation of the eight central regulations and strict life requirements as the focus of supervision in various audit work, and seriously investigated and punished illegally built buildings and halls and image projects, and illegally issued subsidies and subsidies. As well as issues such as lax funding for “three public services”. For example, in October last year, the General Office of the State Council publicly reported that the audit found that some regions had illegally built new buildings and institutions regardless of their own financial conditions, and required all regions and departments to effectively improve their ideological understanding and carry out in-depth self-examination and self-correction. , draw inferences from one example, draw lessons from others, strictly implement financial disciplines, increase supervision and accountability, and form a powerful deterrent. In the next step of work, we will further intensify the investigation and handling of problems in this area.

Thank you.

2022-05-17 11:50:58

China Central Radio and Television Station, China Central Broadcasting Corporation reporter asked a question (photo by Liu Jian) ​​

China Central Radio and Television Station, China Central Broadcasting Corporation reporter: I would like to ask, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the taxation department has been implementing the new What specific work has been done to develop the concept and give full play to the tax function to serve high-quality economic and social development? How effective is it so far? Thanks.

2022-05-17 11:54:03

王道树: Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the taxation department has thoroughly implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on taxation work, completely, accurately and comprehensively implemented the new development concept of “innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing”, and consciously put taxation work first. Make arrangements and deployments to serve the overall economic and social development, and actively contribute to high-quality economic and social development.

First, focus on “innovation” to stimulate economic development. Deeply implement a series of policies to support technological innovation, including preferential income tax rates for high-tech enterprises, continued expansion of the scope and proportion of super deductions for R&D expenses, accelerated depreciation of fixed assets, and encourage enterprises to increase investment in science and technology. In 2020, a total of 53,000 enterprises across the country enjoyed high-tech enterprise income tax preferential treatment, with the number of enterprises increasing by 82.8% compared with 2013, and the enterprise income tax was reduced or reduced by 259.6 billion yuan. In 2020, a total of 427,000 companies enjoyed the preferential super deduction of R&D expenses, with a tax reduction of 429.5 billion yuan, 1.9 times that of 2013. The innovation vitality of enterprises has been further stimulated, and the intensity of enterprise R&D investment has increased from 2.08% in 2013 to 2.44% in 2021.

The second is to focus on "coordination" and serve regional development strategies. The State Administration of Taxation established a leading group on taxation to serve the national regional coordinated development strategy, and continued to implement preferential tax and fee policies to support the development of the western region and the Hainan Free Trade Port. It has successively launched 20 items to support the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, 20 items to support the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and 20 items to support the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Measures to facilitate the integration of tax collection, administration and services, including 26 triangular integrated development measures, have effectively promoted regional complementarity of advantages and the flow of factors. From 2016 to 2021, the average annual growth rate of tax revenue in the central and western regions is 6.8% and 5.8% respectively, which is 1.2 percentage points and 0.2 percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate in the eastern region respectively. The proportion of tax revenue in the central and western regions has increased, reflecting the inter-regional differences. Development is more coordinated.

The third is to focus on "green" and help build a beautiful China. We must thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Ecological Civilization and actively establish a green tax system, that is, a “two-way effort” to implement tax incentives and tax restrictions, and “co-governance of multiple taxes” such as resource tax, environmental tax, consumption tax, and corporate income tax. Since the introduction of the environmental protection tax in 2018, the number of pollution equivalents per 10,000 yuan of GDP output has dropped from 1.16 in 2018 to 0.86 in 2020.

Fourth, focus on "opening up" and promote international economic and trade cooperation. Since 2013, we have accelerated the negotiation and revision process of tax treaties with key countries, and carried out mutual consultations with tax authorities in relevant jurisdictions, eliminating 28.3 billion yuan of double taxation for taxpayers and effectively reducing corporate tax burdens. The time limit for processing export tax refunds will continue to be shortened to within 7 working days in 2021. From 2013 to 2021, a total of 10.6 trillion yuan in export tax refunds will be processed for enterprises, with an average annual growth of 6%, supporting the stable development of foreign trade. The deferred tax policy for foreign reinvestment has been conscientiously implemented. Since its implementation in 2018, 41.3 billion yuan in deferred taxes has been processed, driving dividend reinvestment of 426.4 billion yuan, and promoting the stability of foreign investment.

The fifth is to focus on "sharing" and improve people's livelihood and well-being. Strengthen the employment priority policy, continue to increase tax support for small and micro enterprises, continuously increase the threshold for small-scale taxpayers of value-added tax from 30,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan, continuously reduce the income tax threshold for small and low-profit enterprises, and continue to implement key points Group entrepreneurship and employment support policies reduce the burden on market entities and promote job stabilization and employment expansion. After the implementation of the personal income tax reform, the tax burden of hundreds of millions of natural person taxpayers has been significantly reduced. Most natural person taxpayers with an annual comprehensive income of less than 100,000 yuan no longer need to pay personal income tax.

At present, affected by the new round of epidemic and changes in the international situation, my country's economic and social development is facing greater pressure. We will give full play to the functional role of taxation in raising fiscal revenue, regulating the economy, and adjusting distribution, and integrate taxation more deeply into all aspects of national governance. The taxation department will bravely shoulder heavy responsibilities and overcome difficulties, solidly stabilize the economy, and effectively ensure and improve People’s livelihood, stabilizing and expanding employment, and contributing tax power to high-quality economic and social development. Thank you all!

2022-05-17 12:00:51

CNBC reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

CNBC reporter: My question is about the government work report of this year’s Two Sessions, which proposed an increase of 15,000 yuan in central transfer payments to local governments. Will this number increase further? How much will it be? Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:06:49

Xu Hongcai: Thank you for your question. I will answer this question. This is also an issue of concern in many places.

According to the central budget approved by the National People's Congress, transfer payments from the central government to local governments in 2022 will be approximately 9.8 trillion yuan, an increase of nearly 1.5 trillion yuan or 18% over the previous year. Among them, normal transfer payments were 9 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.4%. We divided it into two parts: general transfer payments were 8.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.7%, and special transfer payments were 0.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.7%. The normal transfer payment growth rate of 8.4% is relatively high in recent years. Among them, the growth rate of general transfer payments is higher. In essence, this means that local governments can arrange more transfer payments for overall planning and use, and fewer special transfer payments. .

In addition to normal transfer payments, we have also arranged transfer payments of 0.8 trillion yuan to support grassroots implementation of tax cuts and fee reductions and key people's livelihood, which is 800 billion yuan. This part of transfer payments is mainly used to support local implementation of the tax refund policy for excess tax credits. Others Tax and fee reduction policies and increased spending on key people’s livelihoods.

In addition to the above-mentioned transfer payments, this year's government fund budget has also arranged for 400 billion yuan to be carried forward and used next year to settle the excess tax refunds that the central government should bear, and accordingly increase the amount of transfer payments to local governments. At present, in addition to the 400 billion yuan carried forward to next year, most of the transfer payment funds have been distributed to local governments in accordance with the law, of which 4 trillion yuan has been included in the normalized direct mechanism management. Budgeting is one such situation. What we feel now is that the refund of excess tax credits is progressing relatively quickly, so some liquidation funds that were originally arranged to be carried forward to next year are expected to be released to local governments in advance, at least in terms of fund allocation, to meet the needs of local fund allocation.

In the next step, on the basis of implementing established policies, we will fully implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, promptly plan incremental policy tools, increase camera control efforts, and grasp the advance and redundancy of goal-oriented policies. We will solidly stabilize the economy, strive to achieve the expected goals for economic and social development throughout the year, and keep the economy operating within a reasonable range. Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:08:38

Poster reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Poster reporter: The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that it is necessary to deepen the reform of the fiscal and taxation system and establish a modern fiscal system. How is the reform of my country's fiscal and taxation system progressing? What new reform measures will be launched this year? Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:09:43

Xu Hongcai: Thank you, your question is related to reform. Indeed, our reforms in recent years have been in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. Especially since the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee on the establishment of a modern fiscal system, the reform of the fiscal and taxation system has been a comprehensive effort and multiple breakthroughs. Through in-depth advancement, significant results have been achieved, and the modern fiscal system framework has been basically established, providing strong support for promoting sustained and healthy economic and social development and advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.

First, new progress has been made in the reform of the fiscal system, and the fiscal relationship between the central and local governments with clear powers and responsibilities, coordinated financial resources, and regional balance has gradually been formed. The financial structure of the central and local governments was basically stable, the reform of the division of financial powers and expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments was advanced in depth, and reform plans in 11 fields including basic public services, education, and science and technology were introduced. The division of revenue between the central and local governments has been further streamlined, the “five-to-five sharing” of value-added tax has been clarified, and the sharing mechanism for excess value-added tax refunds has been adjusted and improved. The reform of the fiscal transfer payment system continues to deepen, and a transfer payment system composed of general transfer payments, common power transfer payments and special transfer payments has been established, which has effectively promoted coordinated regional development and equalization of basic public services.

Second, significant progress has been made in the reform of the tax system, and a tax system with scientific tax types, optimized structure, sound laws, standards and fairness has been established and improved. When I answered the first question just now, I specifically talked about the content of the tax system. That one was more specific. Generally speaking, it is to speed up the implementation of the legal principle of taxation. Legislation has been completed for 12 tax categories. In addition, we will comprehensively advance the value-added tax reform, improve the consumption tax and corporate income tax systems, and promote reforms in the resource and environmental tax system.A comprehensive and classified personal income tax system has also been initially established, and large-scale tax and fee reductions have been implemented.

Third, the reform of the budget management system has achieved significant results, and a budget system with scientific standards, transparency and strong constraints has been basically established. During these ten years, the Budget Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Budget Law were revised, and decisions and opinions on further deepening the reform of the budget management system were issued. A multi-year budget balancing mechanism has been established and mid-term fiscal planning management has been implemented. Increase the coordination of budget revenue, standardize expenditure budget management, and strengthen financial guarantee for major decision-making and deployment. Strengthen budget management of departments and units and implement full life cycle management of projects. We have innovatively implemented a direct mechanism for fiscal funds to reach the grassroots level of cities and counties, directly benefiting enterprises and the people. In addition, we will strengthen local government debt management, comprehensively promote budget performance management, steadily promote the institutionalization of budget disclosure, and fully implement the state-owned assets reporting system.

Next, we will continue to adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, based on the new development stage, implement new development concepts, build a new development pattern, and continue to promote the reform of the fiscal and taxation systems in accordance with the requirements of system integration, collaboration and efficiency, We will better leverage the fundamental and important pillar role of finance in national governance and promote high-quality development.

Thank you.

2022-05-17 12:12:59

Question from Sansha TV reporter (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Sansha TV reporter: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the tax department has made great efforts in improving tax service levels and optimizing the tax business environment. What jobs? This year, what are the new measures and key directions for reducing the burden on enterprises, stimulating market vitality, optimizing the business environment and other issues of concern to taxpayers and payers? Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:14:49

王道树: Okay, let me answer your question. Thank you for your concern about this aspect of work.

The tax department serves tens of millions of corporate taxpayers and individual industrial and commercial households, hundreds of millions of natural person taxpayers and more than one billion payers. It is one of the government departments closest to market entities, serving the people most directly, and dealing with the people most frequently. . Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the tax department has focused on solving the congestion, difficulties and pain points that taxpayers and payers have strongly reported, and promoted the transformation of tax services from "offline services mainly" to "both online and offline services" , changing from "mainly providing common services" to "paying more attention to personalized services", the quality and efficiency of tax and fee services have been continuously improved. In the World Bank's business environment assessment, my country's tax payment indicator ranking continues to rise, and the third-party survey score on taxpayer payer satisfaction has steadily improved, from 79.72 points in 2012 to 87.2 points in 2021.

Below, I will report in detail from three aspects:

First, the service concept has been deepened year by year to make tax payment more heartwarming. We insist on focusing on taxpayers and payers, and propose and conscientiously implement "what taxpayers hope for, what taxpayers want", "maximize convenience for taxpayers, and regulate taxpayers to the maximum extent" and "exchange the hardship index of taxpayers for the benefits of taxpayers and payers". Service concepts such as "Satisfaction Index" have effectively promoted the continuous improvement of tax services.

Second, we will continue to work harder to improve convenience and make tax payment more worry-free. The tax department has carried out the "Spring Breeze Action to Convenience Tax Service" for nine consecutive years since 2014. The theme has evolved year by year and the results have been continuously demonstrated. A total of 539 innovative service measures in 54 categories have been launched. Streamline tax processing materials, reducing the number of data submissions by 50% and the number of paper statements by 25%; tax administrative licensing items have been reduced from 87 to 1, and more than 95% of tax preferential items have been changed from "recording" to "recording" ”, the efficiency of tax and fee policy implementation continues to improve. Especially in the face of the impact of the epidemic in 2020, we vigorously promoted "contactless" tax payment and solidified this urgent need into a normal move. Except for legal provisions and matters that require offline physical delivery, tax payment All payment matters are handled "contactlessly", corporate social security payments are fully handled "online", and personal social security payments are basically handled "handheld".

Third, we will continue to innovate in safeguarding rights and interests, making tax and fee payments more secure. We should take the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of taxpayers and fee payers as an important part of tax services and do a good job in it, actively respond to and satisfy the legitimate rights and interests of taxpayers and fee payers, and strive to create a fair and just tax environment. The tax service complaint handling mechanism will continue to be improved. In 2021, the number of tax department service complaints will decrease by 20.4% compared with 2012, and the time limit for handling various complaints will be reduced by an average of 50%. Adhere to strict standards, fair and civilized law enforcement, and since 2019, on a pilot basis, we have comprehensively implemented three systems: administrative law enforcement announcements, records of the entire law enforcement process, and legal review of major law enforcement decisions, striving to create sunny taxation, standardized taxation, and taxation under the rule of law.

Since the beginning of this year, faced with the complex situation of the epidemic of the century and the changes of a century, the complexity, severity, and uncertainty of my country's economic development environment have increased, and stabilizing growth, employment, and prices have faced new challenges. The tax department will work hand in hand with the majority of market entities to overcome the current difficulties, continue to carry out the 2022 "I do practical things for taxpayers and facilitate tax services for the people", continue to carry out the "spring rain to nourish the seedlings", and help small and medium-sized enterprises Development theme service month, etc. activities to ensure that the large-scale excess tax refund policy is basically implemented in the first half of the year, to ensure that other tax support policies are implemented in detail, to relieve the difficulties of the broad market entities, especially small, medium and micro enterprises, and to serve the "six stability" and "six guarantees" The tax department contributes to the overall situation. Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:15:26

Yangtze River Daily reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Changjiang Daily reporter in Beijing: People’s livelihood is no small matter. What I would like to ask is, what measures has the National Audit Office taken in recent years to strengthen the audit of people's livelihood funds and projects and promote the protection and improvement of people's livelihood? What results have been achieved? Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:16:32

Wang Lujin: Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, audit institutions have adhered to the people-centered development philosophy, taking promoting the realization, maintenance and development of the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the starting point and goal of audit work, and taking good care of and promoting the good use of people's livelihood funds. As audit's greatest concern for the people. Continue to increase audit efforts on key people’s livelihood funds and projects such as medical care, elderly care, employment, housing, and “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”. We insist on bringing the audit power down to the lowest level, and strive to follow up the supervision to the end of the use of people's livelihood funds and the "last mile" of policy implementation, and promote the implementation of various policies of the Party Central Committee that benefit the people, stabilize and enrich the people, and seriously Investigate and deal with corruption problems and unhealthy practices that occur around the people, promote better solutions to the people's urgent, difficult and anxious problems, secure the bottom line of people's livelihood, and effectively enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security. Let me briefly introduce two aspects:

First, the audit of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. We closely focus on the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee on poverty alleviation, regard helping win the battle against poverty as a major political task, coordinate and organize the national audit force to fight with all their strength, and continue to increase the intensity of auditing in the fight against poverty. Over the years, we have randomly inspected a total of 1.02 trillion yuan of various types of poverty alleviation funds. We have promoted the management of poverty alleviation funds to be standardized year by year, and the use performance has been continuously improved. The proportion of the amount of funds identified in audits as a percentage of the random inspection funds has dropped from 36.3% in 2013 to 1.5% in 2020. It has contributed its auditing power to the overall victory in the fight against poverty. Since last year, in accordance with the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, we have continued to implement policies and fund audits to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and effectively connect rural revitalization, and continue to increase our efforts to maintain the overall stability of assistance policies and consolidate the "two worries" The audit intensity of aspects such as the results of "Three Guarantees". In particular, during the five-year transition period after the completion of the poverty alleviation goals and tasks, the funds invested by finance at all levels to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation shall be audited throughout the entire process, entire chain, and "penetrating" to promote the establishment and improvement of long-term mechanisms. , to help comprehensively consolidate the results of poverty alleviation and resolutely maintain the bottom line of preventing large-scale return to poverty.

The second aspect is social security audit.Focusing on improving the multi-level social security system, we organize national audit forces and continue to conduct audits on pension and medical insurance funds, employment subsidy funds, lottery public welfare funds, affordable housing projects, etc., to maintain the security of funds in various fields of social security, and promote employment priority and other major issues Policies and measures are effectively implemented. During the audit, we focused on fund security, focusing on revealing and cracking down on illegal activities such as fraud, hedging or misappropriation of various social security funds. We pay attention to the efficiency of funds and reveal the problems of ineffective and inefficient use of funds such as stagnant funds, idle unused funds, unpaid payables, and excessive guarantees. We also pay attention to the sustainability of the policy, reveal the blockages, difficulties and discontinuities in the system, mechanism and policy implementation, and promote the filling of social security shortcomings so that the results of reform and development can benefit all people more and more equitably. Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:17:39

Beijing Daily reporter asked a question (Photo by Liu Jian) ​​

Beijing Daily reporter: Currently, China’s economy is facing new downward pressure. What are the latest developments in fiscal and taxation policies and measures to stabilize growth this year? What are the next steps? Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:19:07

Xu Hongcai: Thank you for your question. Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Finance has conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, and in accordance with the deployment and arrangements of the government work report, has insisted on putting stability first and seeking progress while maintaining stability, focusing on key links such as stabilizing employment, stabilizing investment, stabilizing market entities, and stabilizing industrial and supply chains. , make efforts at multiple points, implement comprehensive policies, and put forward appropriate policy efforts to help stabilize the macroeconomic market. Implement new tax reduction and fee reduction policies, increase burden reduction and relief efforts, enhance the vitality of market entities, maintain appropriate expenditure intensity, further optimize the fiscal expenditure structure, implement the government's "tight living" requirements, and strengthen the focus on key areas and basic people's livelihood. Guarantee, rationally arrange special bonds for local governments, guarantee the construction of key projects, increase the intensity of transfer payments from the central government to local governments, promote the sinking of financial resources, and support the grassroots to do a good job in the "three guarantees" work. At present, various policies are being accelerated, and the effectiveness of policies continues to be released.

First, accelerate the implementation of new combined tax and fee support policies to stimulate the vitality of market entities. The refund of excess value-added tax credits has been accelerated, and tax refunds for small and micro enterprises have been given priority. Tax refunds for small and micro enterprises have been stepped up since April. At the same time, the time for the refund of excess tax credits for medium-sized enterprises will be advanced from the originally scheduled July to May. The tax department is now working on advancing the time for refunding the existing tax credits for large enterprises from the original scheduled start of October. Starting from June, the release of policy dividends will be accelerated. The preferential policy of increasing the super deduction ratio of R&D expenses for small and medium-sized scientific and technological enterprises and exempting small-scale taxpayers from VAT and other taxes is being implemented in an orderly manner. Director Dao Shu also said just now that since this year, it has reduced tax burdens and increased cash flow for enterprises by more than 1.6 trillion. In order to support the implementation of tax cuts and fee reductions and various people's livelihood policies at the grassroots level, the central government has arranged special transfer payments. As I mentioned just now, in addition to normal transfer payments, it has also arranged special special transfer payments of 1.2 trillion yuan, including This year’s budget of 800 billion yuan has been released in batches.

The second is to speed up the issuance and use of local government special bonds to promote the expansion of effective investment. The new quota of local government special bonds this year is 3.65 trillion yuan. On the basis of the 1.46 trillion yuan issued in advance in December last year, all the remaining special bond quotas for project construction have been released to local governments in March. As of May 15, 1.5 trillion yuan has been issued in various places, an increase of 1.3 trillion yuan over the same period last year, and the issuance of the remaining quota is accelerating. As of the end of April, more than 11,000 special bond arrangements have been issued, and 120 billion yuan of special bonds have been used as capital for major projects, providing strong support for expanding effective investment and stabilizing the macroeconomy. What I also want to point out in particular is that local government special bonds are included in the budget management of government funds and are not managed in our general public budget. Its typical feature is to repay the principal and interest through its own income and achieve a balance of financing income, which is different from the general debt included in the fiscal deficit. Bonds are different.

The third is to increase the intensity of bailout policies to help companies tide over difficulties.From the perspective of enterprise scale, the focus is on increasing support for small and micro enterprises, and policies such as tax cuts and fee reductions and inclusive finance policies are all tilted towards small and micro enterprises to reduce business operating costs. From an industry perspective, for industries in difficulty that have been greatly affected by the epidemic, such as logistics and catering, we will increase targeted assistance, such as increasing tax incentives and easing the burden of social insurance premiums for enterprises with special difficulties. At the same time, all localities are encouraged to actively arrange funds to provide subsidies for house rent, water and electricity bills, guarantee fees, and epidemic prevention expenses to enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in need.

my country’s economic performance in the first quarter has generally achieved a stable start. At the recent meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly requested that macroeconomic policy adjustments should be intensified, solidly stabilize the economy, and strive to achieve the expected goals for economic and social development throughout the year. . The Ministry of Finance will fully implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, promptly plan incremental policy tools, increase discretionary control efforts, grasp the advance and redundancy of goal-oriented policies, better utilize the regulatory role of finance on the macro economy, and solidly Stabilize the economy, strive to achieve the expected goals for economic and social development throughout the year, and keep the economy operating within a reasonable range. Thanks.

2022-05-17 12:22:38

Shou Xiaoli: Thank you to the three publishers, and thank you to all the reporters. That concludes today’s press conference. Goodbye everyone!

2022-05-17 12:28:28

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