Chapter 750 The work of the Beijing Office should be strengthened
The negotiations between Secretary Yue Shan and Comrade Hong Zheng did not go very smoothly.
Although Secretary Yue Shan laid out what he learned about the situation one by one and argued hard, Comrade Hong Zheng refused to let go, and the conditions were not significantly relaxed. This made Secretary Yue Shan feel a lot of pressure.
"Vice President Hong, although the tax reform is currently in the trial stage, our Hedong Province has already reflected many bad signs." Secretary Yue Shan said to Comrade Hong Zheng, "The financial pressure is too great, and the salaries of financial support personnel are about to be released.
Those who have come out, such as medical and health care, education, government employees, etc., these people are all net inputs, so we can’t expect them to come out and make their own money, right? It can be sustained in a short period of time, but if this continues for a long time, local finances will go bankrupt.
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What he said was not alarmist, but a relatively accurate conclusion that he came to after listening to Ye Kai's words and comprehensively analyzing the actual situation.
In the past, the central fiscal revenue was small and local fiscal revenue was high. Now that a tax-sharing system reform has been carried out, this situation has been reversed, and the central fiscal revenue has been high and local fiscal revenue is low.
But as a result, there are many things that the local governments could do, but now they are unable to do them due to tight financial resources, while the central government has a lot of extra money and doesn't even know how to spend it.
The direct result of such changes is that the central government's financial resources have greatly increased. It has the ability to carry out many large projects and some long-term investment projects. However, the disadvantage is that the local economy has been greatly affected. The most important thing is that it is reflected in
On some key construction projects of local governments.
These local construction projects suddenly fell into a financial bottleneck and could not be promoted.
It's like the highway construction project that Hedong Province is planning to launch. At this time, the government's investment in this project is not guaranteed.
Although Ye Kai promised to be responsible for all funding issues, as the secretary of the provincial party committee, Secretary Yue Shan also had some thoughts in his mind. The entire road cannot be built with borrowed money, right? The province will then have a say in this road.
How big can it be? Although things can be resolved through negotiation beforehand, it is better to talk about things like equity ratios, income dividends, and even whether the expressway can be listed for operation in the future. These can all be discussed.
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But in the final analysis, if I don’t have a project to spend money on, I always feel that I am not confident enough.
"Comrade Yueshan, this matter cannot be changed. The central government has great determination. The idea of a nationwide game of chess will not change, and we will not back down because of temporary difficulties." Comrade Hong Zheng's answer was also very insistent. "You
They are also cadres from the central government who need to be able to understand the purpose of the tax-sharing reform. In the short term, there will definitely be some discomfort at the local level and encounter some difficulties. But as long as the general direction is in place and revenue is increased and expenditure is reduced, there will always be a way
To cope with the past. Besides, the reform of the tax-sharing system only changes the distribution relationship between central finance and local finance, and the economic aggregate will not be affected. The money is just distributed in different forms. It will not have any impact on the local economy.
What a big impact it has.”
Comrade Hong Zheng was very determined to promote the reform of the tax-sharing system. Secretary Yue Shan argued with him for a long time, but failed to achieve satisfactory results, so he had to return to the Provincial Office in Beijing unhappy.
By this time, it was already getting late and it was dinner time.
"Hey, why are there crabs?" Secretary Yue Shan was surprised to discover this problem after he went to the restaurant.
"Comrade Ye Kai sent someone to deliver the crabs. They are quite fresh." the staff member next to me replied.
"Oh, this guy is a rich guy, it doesn't matter if you eat a few crabs from him." Secretary Yue Shan nodded after hearing this.
After hearing this, Secretary Guan He, who was next to Secretary Yue Shan, found a plate and put a few crabs on it.
Secretary Yueshan didn't say anything nonsense. He grabbed a crab and started to use pliers to open the shell. He started eating by himself. After eating three crabs in a row, he said to Guan He in a depressed tone, "What happened today is not good."
smoothly."
Guan He looked at Secretary Yue Shan carefully and naturally knew why he went to see Premier Hong Zheng today.
Generally speaking, Comrade Hong Zheng and Secretary Yue Shan are both tough-minded people with strong personalities. When these two sat together and argued about tax reform, it was obviously a heated argument, but Secretary Yue Shan again
Arguing with reason, Comrade Hong Zheng’s plan to increase the proportion of central taxation cannot be changed because of his words, and the reform of the tax-sharing system is unstoppable.
"But it's not all without gain." Comrade Yue Shan wiped his mouth with a tissue and said to Guan He, "I asked for 400 million from Comrade Hong Zheng. It is regarded as project funds to support highway construction. It is always better.
there is none left."
"This is a good thing. Secretary Yue is the first to get so much money from Comrade Hong Zheng!" Guan He suddenly became happy after hearing this. "Secretary Yue, are you having a drink tonight?"
Two drinks?"
"Well, one cup will do." Secretary Yue Shan thought for a while and agreed.
Guan He was a little excited and ran over to get a bottle of Lao Baifen.
Although the price is much lower than Moutai and the like, it is hometown wine and the quality is excellent, so Secretary Yue Shan also likes to drink it.
It was said to be a cup, but it looked like Guan He poured him a cup or two.
In fact, Secretary Yueshan knew very well that as a matter that had basically been decided, the tax reform was unstoppable. Otherwise, Comrade Hong Zheng would not have negotiated with the provincial governors one by one. This time he approached Comrade Hong Zheng
Complaining does not mean that we really want to stop this policy, because this is simply not possible.
He went there this time simply because he wanted to use this matter as a bargaining chip to get some benefits back to the province.
Probably because he was well prepared before and absorbed some of Ye Kai's views, Secretary Yue Shan felt that he had the upper hand this time when he debated with Comrade Hong Zheng. In the end, Comrade Hong Zheng had to admit that Secretary Yue Shan
The secretary's words still raised some key issues, which need to be weighed and considered.
It is probably for this reason that Comrade Hong Zheng agreed to Secretary Yueshan's request and specially allocated 400 million to Hedong Province as special funds for highway construction projects.
"The work of the Liaison Office in Beijing must be strengthened." Secretary Yue Shan suddenly said this after drinking some wine.
Guan He also drank a little with Secretary Yue Shan. Hearing his words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he began to ponder the meaning.
From the beginning, the main functions of the Beijing Office were to collect information, run projects, and provide reception for local governments.
For example, the director of a prefecture-level city’s office in Beijing found out during the tax reform that the spending targets for each region were based on the previous year, so he immediately reported it to the mayor. The city made a decision very quickly, and at the end of the year
Spending large sums of money raised local expenditure targets for the previous year.
As a result, after the tax reform in the second year, according to the policy, the local area received sufficient funds for expenditure.
Project management is also the biggest task of the Beijing Office. The most important thing is to understand the plans and directions of projects approved by ministries, commissions and bureaus every year.
There are only a few people in central ministries and commissions. Of course, projects and funds will be awarded to whichever one reports adequately.
Some functional departments have a large number of projects and funds in their hands, but it is impossible for them to conduct inspections all over the country. Wherever projects are needed, it depends entirely on the local government reports, and there is no standard for approving projects. If you are too honest,
If you don't shout and don't make noise, it will be difficult to get projects.
Therefore, the Beijing Office is also very important in this regard. After getting the news, the local authorities will take action to fight for projects and funds.
Therefore, after Secretary Yue Shan felt the pressure brought by the tax reform, the first thing he thought of was to strengthen the Beijing Office. The staff should be equipped with capable and capable people, and the funds should also be given priority.
In fact, Secretary Yue Shan’s decision was correct. After the reform of the tax-sharing system, the central government’s finances became more abundant and there was more money in hand, so the phenomenon of siphoning money from the department became more serious.
There are two reasons why local governments run ministries: first, the ministries have money; second, the money must be obtained by running.
Due to historical reasons, many ministries and commissions are relatively rough in managing budget funds and do not list specific projects.
Whoever travels more and knows more about the ministries and commissions may receive more allocations. There is a lot of randomness in this.
There are also some ministries and commissions, and individual individuals make decisions on investment in some major projects.
In other words, some departments of the central government hold a large amount of fiscal transfer funds, but there is a lack of strict procedural regulations on who can obtain these funds. The fund approval process lacks standardization and transparency, and the responsible officials enjoy considerable discretion.
Don’t documents often contain the words “in principle”? That means there are unprincipled ways to go, and the person who knows the rules best and knows the unprincipled ways best is the person who made the rules.
In principle, it means the lack of principle. This is the subtlety of Chinese.
Because fiscal transfer payment is free, theoretically speaking, its demand is close to unlimited, because everyone needs money, but the supply is limited, because the central government only has so much money in total, so local governments must provide it.
To launch a relatively fierce competition, it can even be described as unscrupulous.
This kind of abnormal competition is called power rent-seeking in economics.
The word "run" is next to the word "foot", and there is a bag next to it. You have to take the bag with you to run. The bag cannot be empty. This is how the soil and hotbed for germs are created.
"Do you think you have any good candidates to recommend?" Secretary Yue Shan asked Guan Hedao.
"Choice?" After Guan He heard this, of course he knew that Secretary Yue Shan was asking about the candidate for the director of the Beijing Office, but for some reason, the first person he thought of was Ye Kai.!~!
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