Features of the Chinese administrative system and the expansion of fiscal expenditures

• 来源期刊: 中国财政与经济研究（英文版）
• 关键词: fiscal expenditure government functions government planning
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（1）
• 页码范围: 11-26
• 页数: 16页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The overly rapid expansion of fiscal expenditure is an issue the government should take seriously.There are two major causes for the expansion of fiscal expenditure——stress caused by the demand for public goods and stress caused by the features of the administrative system.The influence of the administrative system on fiscal expenditure is demonstrated through the following aspects——the definition of government functions,the development concept of government as well as hierarchies and department setting of governments.The features of China's administrative system strongly boost the expansion of fiscal expenditure.It is displayed through the concept of rapid development at all government levels,relatively broad definition of government functions,the manifold departments and multi-level settings in the government.The Chinese governments should attach great importance to this issue and take proper measures to relieve the conflict.Some suggested measures include weaving appropriate capital restrictions into government planning,improving the methods of setting targets in planning,building a coordination mechanism for departmental budgets,practicing expenditure budget performance evaluation and releasing the results,as well as adjusting the hierarchical setting of governments.