Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe criticized the central government's fiscal discipline a few days ago. When asked by Finance Minister Su Jianrong at the Legislative Yuan's Finance Committee about the "former chief" in the morning, he rarely got angry and said, "This kind of chief is chilling!" (Photo by reporter Zheng Qifang)

[Reporter Zheng Qifang/Taipei Report] Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe recently criticized that both the central and local governments have problems with fiscal discipline, and the central government has taken the lead.

When Finance Minister Su Jianrong was asked at the Finance Committee of the Legislative Yuan in the morning about the statement of the "former chief", he rarely got angry and pointed to Ke Wenzhe's "two standards" and said twice in a row: "This kind of chief is chilling!"

Su Jianrong said that when he was the financial director of Taipei City, he suggested to Ke Wenzhe that if there was no need for construction, he could increase the repayment of the debt. Come to the central government and do the same thing.” He also increased debt repayment, and tax revenue exceeded budget. However, he was criticized for the failure of digital control. “How could there be such two standards?” "

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In addition, Su Jianrong said earlier that the central government will increase debt repayment this year, and the actual repayment will reach 150 billion yuan. At present, the actual outstanding debt balance of the central government is 5.7388 trillion yuan, accounting for about 28.5% of GDP. The upper limit of 40.6% is still some distance away, and the debt balance by the end of this year is guaranteed not to exceed 6 trillion yuan.

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