Public Finance PRC: Local Government Budget Management Seminar

Post-event Statement

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Background

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is in the process of carrying out fiscal reforms that include decentralization and the delegation of authority to local government. Local governments are now facing challenges in generating sufficient revenue to meet additional funding requirements delegated by the national government, budgeting and managing expenses, and investing surplus funds and managing funds. There is a large need for capacity development at the local government level, especially in the Western region. ADBI and the Human Resource Development Center of the Ministry of Finance, PRC will jointly develop courses in public finance to build the capacity of local government officials in budget planning and financial management. ADBI courses will complement the activities of two ADB technical assistance projects for Fiscal Management Reforms and for Western Region Human Resource Development.

This first course of the seminar series will focus on decentralization of budget, intergovernmental transfer of funds, revenue and expenditure forecasting, departmental budgeting, and performance-based budgeting.

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Objectives

• To strengthen the capacity of senior local government officials in budget management
• To provide opportunities for participants to share experiences in budget management and international best practices
• To prepare action plans to improve budget management at the local government level

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Outputs

• About 100 trained participants in budget management at the local government level
• Action plans to be adopted by local governments
• Summary of proceedings
• Workshop materials that will be published in CD-ROMs and on the ADBI website

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Participants

Chiefs of budget divisions of the provincial financial departments and directors of city financial bureaus in selected provinces, with special targeting of provinces in the Western region

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Language

Chinese and English with Chinese translation.

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Responsibilities

Each participant is required to participate in every session during the seminar and prepare a plan to improve budget management in their own situation.

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Cosponsors

Possible cosponsor is the Human Resource Development Center of the Ministry of Finance, PRC.