The Legislative Yuan invited Zhuo Rongtai to report on the supplementary budget for 2015 on the 23rd and the general budget for 2016 on the 27th.

Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu presided over the consultation. (Photo taken by reporter Fang Bin)

When the Legislative Yuan met today, the ruling and opposition parties reached a consensus after discussion. Each party group agreed to invite Executive President Zhuo Rongtai and the heads of relevant ministries and commissions to attend on October 23 to report on the preparation process of the "115 Central Government General Budget Supplementary Budget" and to prepare a report for questioning; on October 27, they would also attend to report on the preparation process of the "116 Central Government General Budget" and prepare for questioning.

On August 20, the Executive Yuan sent the "2016 Central Government General Budget" to the Legislative Yuan for review. The annual revenue and annual expenditure for next year are both 3.9266 billion yuan, of which 235.7 billion yuan is budgeted for the universal cash fund of 10,000 yuan.

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The Executive Yuan finalized the "Supplementary Budget of the Central Government General Budget for 2015" on September 3, with an annual expenditure of 607.6 billion yuan. In addition to the increase in welfare subsidies for elderly farmers and the national pension and six major social welfare subsidies, the increase in military, public and educational personnel Additional bonuses and bonuses for supervisory positions, etc. also include subsidies for CNPC gasoline and diesel, frozen and slow price increases of natural gas, subsidies for frozen and slow price increases for CNPC and Formosa Plastics household liquefied petroleum gas prices, subsidies for frozen power price increases for Taipower, and an increase in capital of PetroChina.

According to the conclusion of the Legislative Yuan party group consultation, each party group agreed to invite Zhuo Rongtai, Comptroller General Chen Shuzi, and Finance Minister Zhuang Cuiyun to attend on October 23 to report on the preparation process of the "115th Central Government General Budget Supplementary Budget" and prepare for questioning. The number of people to ask questions is 5 people recommended by the Kuomintang caucus, 5 people recommended by the Democratic Progressive Party caucus, and 2 people recommended by the People's Party caucus. The order of questioning is handled by the authorized deliberative office in accordance with the regulations. The list should be sent to the meeting office for compilation before 12 noon on October 22; the motion will be submitted for review after the questions and answers are completed, and each party group agrees not to propose reconsideration.

The conclusion of the consultation pointed out that Zhuo Rongtai, Chen Shuzi, and Zhuang Cuiyun were invited to attend on October 27 to report on the preparation process of the "116th Central Government General Budget" and to prepare for questions. The number of people to ask questions is 5 people recommended by the Kuomintang caucus, 5 people recommended by the Democratic Progressive Party caucus, and 2 people recommended by the People's Party caucus. The order of questioning is handled by the authorized deliberative office in accordance with the regulations. The list should be sent to the meeting office for compilation before 12 noon on October 23; the motion will be submitted for review after the questions and answers are completed, and each party group agrees not to propose reconsideration.

The conclusion of the consultation stated that the Finance Committee is requested to submit the general budget review schedule and allocation table to the council office before 5 pm on October 22, so as to prepare the report of the Council meeting on October 23.

Executive President Zhuo Rongtai. (File photo)