前三季度财政运行总体平稳有序 重点领域支出保障有力

Core Viewpoint - The Ministry of Finance reported a stable and orderly fiscal operation in the first three quarters of 2023, emphasizing a proactive fiscal policy aimed at stabilizing employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations while ensuring necessary expenditure intensity and increasing funding for basic livelihoods and key areas [1] Fiscal Revenue - Total public budget revenue reached 16.39 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 0.5%. The revenue growth showed a recovery trend, with the third quarter seeing a notable increase of 2.5% [1] - Tax revenue, as the main component of fiscal income, grew by 0.7% year-on-year. The domestic value-added tax, reflecting the performance of the industrial and service sectors, increased by 3.6%, outperforming the overall public budget revenue growth by 3.1 percentage points [2] - Corporate income tax rose by 0.8%, with an acceleration of 2.7 percentage points compared to the first half of the year, indicating improved market vitality and recovery in industrial profits [2] Non-Tax Revenue - Non-tax revenue decreased by 0.4% year-on-year, a decline of 4.1 percentage points compared to the first half of the year. However, income from the paid use of state-owned resources grew by 4% [3] Local Government Revenue - Local public budget revenue increased by 1.8% year-on-year, with 27 out of 31 regions maintaining positive growth, despite some areas being affected by falling prices of major commodities [3] Fiscal Expenditure - Total public budget expenditure reached 20.81 trillion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. Key areas such as social security and employment saw a 10% increase in expenditure, marking the highest growth rate in three years for several categories [3] Future Fiscal Policy - The Ministry of Finance plans to advance the issuance of new local government bond quotas for 2026 to support major projects and stabilize local fiscal operations. This includes early allocation of quotas to facilitate project funding and enhance project quality through improved review mechanisms [4]