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NPC for review, and promptly submit relevant information as required in the
execution of budgets. We will act on the resolutions and comments regarding
budgets made by the NPC and its Standing Committee and take targeted measures

to improve and strengthen budgetary work. We will report to relevant
departments of the NPC when major fiscal and tax policies are introduced or major

changes take place in the revenue and expenditure structure during the execution
of budgets. When preparing budgets, formulating policies, and carrying out
reforms, we will actively solicit the opinions and suggestions of NPC deputies

through symposiums, briefings, and research projects. We will earnestly handle
proposals and suggestions put forward by NPC deputies, communicate with and

pay visits to them more regularly, and actively respond to their concerns. We will
effectively correct problems discovered in auditing, establish sound mechanisms in

this regard, and strictly enforce responsibility and accountability for rectification,
in a resolute effort to prevent corrected mistakes from being repeated.

Esteemed Deputies,
The new goals we are pursuing on the new journey of the new era call for a

fresh outlook, a renewed sense of responsibility, and new accomplishments. We
will rally more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi

Jinping at its core; follow the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with
Chinese Characteristics for a New Era; acquire a deep understanding of the

decisive significance of establishing both Comrade Xi Jinping’s core position on the
Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the guiding role of Xi

Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era;
strengthen our consciousness of the need to maintain political integrity, think in
big-picture terms, follow the leadership core, and keep in alignment with the

central Party leadership; stay confident in the path, theory, system, and culture of
socialism with Chinese characteristics; and uphold both Comrade Xi Jinping’s core

position on the Party Central Committee and in the Party as a whole and the Party
Central Committee’s authority and its centralized, unified leadership. We will

courageously shoulder responsibility and fulfill our duties, forge ahead with one
heart, and work with energy and drive to ensure that all public finance initiatives

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