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policies for promoting the development of national parks. We provided support to
an additional nine projects for the integrated conservation and restoration of
mountain, water, forest, farmland, lake, grassland, and desert ecosystems and

expanded support to cover key ecological areas, such as the Qinling Mountains,
Erhai Lake, Dongting Lake, Jingjiang River, Lijiang River, and the Three Gorges

Reservoir region. Based on competitive appraisal, we provided support to 11
demonstration projects for ecological restoration in abandoned mining areas, 20
afforestation trial and demonstration projects, and 16 projects for the protection

and improvement of marine ecosystems. To further advance the battle against
pollution, we granted subsidies to an additional 25 cities in northern China for

adopting clean energy sources for winter heating, worked to prevent and control
water pollution with the emphasis on the Yangtze and Yellow river basins,

strengthened performance assessments of pollution control efforts, and provided
rewards to regions that achieved notable results in pollution control. We

introduced guidelines on fiscal support for realizing peak carbon emissions and
carbon neutrality and improved the system of fiscal and tax policies to promote
efficient use of resources and green and low-carbon development.

 We deepened fiscal and tax system reform and strengthened fiscal
management oversight.

We introduced guidelines on advancing fiscal system reform at the provincial
level and below. Childcare expenses for children under the age of three were

included in special additional deductions for individual income tax, and excise tax
was levied on electronic cigarettes. The draft law on value-added tax was

submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for its first reading, and major progress
was made in legislation related to tariffs, certified public accountants, accounting,
and government procurement. We introduced measures for assessing the budget

management performance of central government departments and the fiscal
management performance of local governments, and implemented measures for

performance-based management of the social insurance funds budget. These steps
have helped increase the transparency of performance-related information. The

Fiscal General Accounting System was introduced. We finished the compilation of
the central government’s comprehensive financial report for 2021 and filed it with

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