Interim Measures for Strengthening the Management of Funds for Party and Government Cadres Going Abroad (Border) on Business
Relevant departments of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, ministries and commissions of the State Council, General Logistics Department, Armed Police Headquarters, General Office of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), General Office of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, High Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, relevant people's organizations, Finance Department (bureau), Foreign Affairs Office, Supervision Department (bureau), audit offices (bureaus) of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Finance Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Foreign Affairs Bureau.
In order to implement the "Several Provisions on Further Strengthening the Management of Going Abroad on Business" (No.9 [2008] of the Office of the Central Committee), standardize the behavior of going abroad on business, and strengthen the examination and approval of funds for going abroad on business and budget management, we have formulated the Interim Measures for Strengthening the Management of Funds for Party and Government Cadres Going Abroad on Business, which are hereby issued.
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Supervision
National Bureau of Corruption Prevention, Audit Office
August 5(th), 2008
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in order to implement the spirit of the instructions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on strengthening the management of going abroad on business, effectively regulate the activities of party and government cadres going abroad on business, further strengthen the examination and approval, supervision and management of funds going abroad on business, strengthen budget constraints, and improve the efficiency in the use of financial funds.
Article 2 Party and government organs at all levels shall strictly implement the Provisions on Further Strengthening the Administration of Going Abroad on Business (No.9 [2008] of General Office of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council), strictly abide by the laws and administrative regulations on budget management, and shall not go abroad on business.
Article 3 Financial departments at all levels should further strengthen the budget management of funds for going abroad (abroad) on business. Should be based on financial possibilities, scientific and reasonable arrangements for going abroad (border) budget quota, will go abroad (border) funds all included in the budget management, no budget arrangements for the unit as there is no going abroad (border) task arrangement. Strictly control the budget scale of going abroad on business, and implement zero growth for the budgets of party and government organs at all levels.
Article 4 Financial departments at all levels shall further strengthen the management of foreign exchange quotas for going abroad (abroad) on business. According to the budget scale of party and government organs at all levels going abroad on business, arrange the amount of foreign exchange used abroad, take practical measures to strengthen the management of foreign exchange used by party and government organs on business, and control the budget and amount of foreign exchange used abroad.
Article 5 Party and government organs at all levels should earnestly strengthen the management of funds for going abroad on business. In the annual budget and foreign exchange quota for going abroad, according to the plan for going abroad approved by the financial department, organize activities for going abroad according to the needs of the work, and determine the number and scale of delegations going abroad. If it is really necessary to adjust, it should be adjusted within the budget. Party and government organs at all levels shall not arrange delegations abroad (territory) over budget or without budget, shall not accept or accept subsidies from enterprises and institutions in disguise, and shall not apportion or pass on expenses to organs at the same level, organs at lower levels and subordinate units.
Article 6 Party and government organs at all levels should implement the policy of "handling foreign affairs with diligence and thrift" and strengthen the financial discipline education for delegations going abroad on business. Missions going abroad on business should strictly implement various expense standards, carry out their work on the principle of being pragmatic, efficient, streamlined and economical, and strive to improve work efficiency and quality.
Article 7 Party and government organs at all levels shall establish a pre-examination system for going abroad on business. Going abroad on business (border) funds examination and approval departments and task examination and approval departments should implement examination and approval linkage, grasp and control the activities of going abroad on business (border) from the source, and resolutely stop the travel behavior of going abroad with public funds. The examination and approval departments for going abroad on business (territory) and the task examination and approval departments participate in the linkage of going abroad on business (territory) according to their respective responsibilities, and the specific examination principles are as follows:
(1) Party and government organs at all levels shall apply to the financial department at the same level for the budget for going abroad on business in accordance with the departmental budget management procedures, and must also provide the implementation of the budget for going abroad on business in the previous year.
(two) the foreign affairs examination and approval departments at all levels and the financial department shall timely communicate the plan of going abroad on business. The financial departments at all levels shall, according to the national and local financial resources and the application of overseas funds, determine the budget quota of overseas funds of various departments and implement total control.
(3) All localities and departments should submit the annual plan of going abroad (territory) for provincial and ministerial personnel to the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Leading Group and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the end of each year 1 year, and make clear that the budget arrangement can guarantee the funds of the delegations going abroad (territory).
(IV) After the budgets of the party and government organs at all levels are approved by the people's congresses at all levels, the foreign affairs examination and approval departments at all levels and the financial departments of the dispatched units shall, according to the budget for going abroad (territory), jointly examine the specific tasks included in the plan one by one, communicate the situation in a timely manner, strictly control the situation and plug the loopholes.
(5) Foreign affairs examination and approval departments at all levels shall, when examining and approving the task of going abroad (in the country) on business, issue opinions on fund arrangement by the financial department of the dispatched unit, and issue opinions on fund audit by the financial department of the unit where the double-span delegation is located, so as to ensure that the task of going abroad (in the country) is carried out within the budgetary quota of funds for going abroad (in the country) determined by the departmental budget.
(6) When the Office of the Central Leading Group for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs examine and approve provincial and ministerial delegations going abroad on business, the financial departments of the central unit and local financial departments where the members of the delegation are located shall issue opinions on funding arrangements.
(seven) for the department budget did not arrange funds to go abroad (Habitat), the need to use other funds (including administrative expenses, assessed funds, corporate sponsorship funds, etc.) for the business trip abroad (Habitat) delegations. ), as there is no budget for going abroad (border), the financial department will not issue approval opinions. Without the approval of the financial department, the foreign affairs examination and approval departments at all levels shall not approve the application for going abroad.
Article 8 For the overseas (border) training groups arranged by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, the overseas personnel listed in the plan of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and funded by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs shall issue audit opinions on the funds, and other participants shall issue audit opinions on the funds by the financial departments of their units.
Article 9 The financial department shall further strictly manage the verification of funds for delegations going abroad (abroad) on business. Carefully examine the overseas mission documents, passport copies (including visas, entry and exit records) and detailed bills of effective expenses provided by overseas delegations on business, and write them off in strict accordance with the approved number of overseas delegations, days, overseas routes, funding plans and related expenditure standards. Expenses unrelated to official activities and unplanned expenses shall not be written off, and false expense documents shall not be written off.
Except in special circumstances stipulated in the relevant documents of the central government, financial departments at all levels shall not reimburse the expenses of party and government cadres going abroad (border) with the certificate of going abroad for private reasons.
Article 10 Party and government organs at all levels shall establish and improve the internal supervision and inspection mechanism of delegations going abroad on business. The financial department shall regularly or irregularly check the use of delegations and funds going abroad on business, and submit the last year's funds and foreign exchange use to the financial department at the same level in the first quarter of each year.
Eleventh discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels should strengthen the effective supervision of the use of funds for going abroad (border) on business. It is necessary to take the supervision of the use of funds for going abroad on business as an important part of resolutely stopping the travel of public funds abroad, and strengthen supervision and inspection.
Twelfth audit institutions at all levels should strengthen the audit supervision of the use of funds for going abroad (territory). It is necessary to focus on the audit and supervision of the management and use of funds for going abroad (abroad) on business, and conduct special audits on the management and use of funds for going abroad (abroad) on business.
Thirteenth discipline inspection, supervision and auditing organs at all levels should seriously deal with violations of financial discipline in the use and management of funds for going abroad on business. To resort to deceit, misappropriate other funds, apportion expenses for going abroad (border), discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels shall investigate the responsibility of the relevant personnel of the group units and groups; Those who do not conscientiously perform the responsibility of fund review and verification shall be held accountable for the relevant personnel of the financial department; Those who go abroad (territory) without the approval of the financial audit department shall be investigated for the responsibility of the relevant personnel of the foreign affairs examination and approval department. Anyone suspected of committing a crime shall be transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law.
Article 14 All localities and departments shall, in accordance with these Measures and the actual situation, formulate specific measures to strengthen the management of funds for going abroad on business and specific implementation plans linked to the examination and approval of funds for going abroad.
Fifteenth institutions abroad (border) funds management can be implemented with reference to these measures.
Article 16 The Ministry of Finance shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Measures.
Article 17 These Measures shall be implemented as of the date of promulgation.
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