Full text: Report on China's central, local budgets(24)

The appropriation for stockpiling grain, edible oils, and other materials is 97.419 billion yuan, up 9.4%. This figure consists of 60.957 billion yuan of central government spending and 36.462 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will continue to implement the policy of direct grain subsidies, and earmark 32.03 billion yuan for grain risk funds. We will improve systems for purchasing and stockpiling grain, cotton, and other main agricultural products, steadily raise the minimum purchase prices of wheat and rice, and allocate 51.876 billion yuan for reserves of grain, edible oils, and other important materials.

The appropriation for national defense is 650.311 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4%. This comprises 647.92 billion yuan of central government spending and 2.391 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will support modernization of national defense and the military, improve training and living conditions of service men and women, and enhance the armed forces' capability to accomplish diverse military tasks.

The appropriation for public security is 182.664 billion yuan, up 7.7%. This figure consists of 114.289 billion yuan of central government spending and 68.375 billion yuan in transfer payments to local governments. We will improve the system for ensuring funding for procuratorial, judicial, and public security departments; steadily increase subsidies to those at the local level; and support local governments, especially those in the central and western regions, in clearing debts incurred from building infrastructure for their procuratorial, judicial, and public security departments, in order to make them better able to provide public services and administration. We will improve foodstuff inspection and testing capabilities of primary-level supervisory authorities to ensure food safety.