Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets(23)

The appropriation for energy conservation and environmental protection is 176.91 billion yuan, up 9%. This figure consists of 6.344 billion yuan of central government spending and 170.566 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will appropriate 106.919 billion yuan, up 13.3%, to support the following energy conservation and emissions reduction efforts: to continue the construction of key energy conservation projects, strengthen energy conservation in key areas, intensify the implementation of the project for promoting energy-efficient products for the benefit of the people, retire backward production facilities, strengthen heavy-metal pollution prevention and treatment as well as comprehensive environmental improvement in rural areas, and continue the construction of sewer lines to complement urban sewage treatment facilities. We will allocate 47.456 billion yuan, the same as last year, to consolidate progress in protecting virgin forests and returning farmland to forests and grazing land to grasslands. We will disburse 14.1 billion yuan to accelerate the development of new, renewable, and clean energies; give impetus to the cleaner use of energy; and vigorously support the development of a circular economy. We will also actively address global climate change, and support efforts to meet action targets for controlling greenhouse gas emissions.

The appropriation for transportation is 356.593 billion yuan, up 8.1%. This figure consists of 43.465 billion yuan of central government spending and 313.128 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will appropriate 236.744 billion yuan to improve the overall transportation capacity, and build national and provincial trunk highways, inland waterways, integrated passenger and freight transportation hubs, and other public transportation infrastructure. We will allocate 65.946 billion yuan to continue providing fuel subsidies for rural and urban public transportation and other public service industries. We also plan to disburse 26 billion yuan for subsidies to local governments to phase out tolls on government-financed Grade II highways.

The appropriation for resource exploration, electricity, and information is 87.726 billion yuan, up 6.1%. This figure consists of 45.06 billion yuan of central government spending and 42.666 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will disburse 14.659 billion yuan, up 42.4%, to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in these areas, especially small and micro businesses; 39.674 billion yuan for the construction of resource exploration, electricity, and information infrastructure; and 7 billion yuan to continue supporting technology R&D and demonstrations of industrial applications in strategic emerging industries.