The Legislative Yuan Finance Committee has completed the review of the 4th forward-looking budget today, and the budget of the Ministry of Digital Development has been cut by a maximum of 154 million.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The joint meeting of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Yuan reviewed the "Central Government's Forward-looking Infrastructure Construction Project 4th Special Budget Plan" today. Out of the total budget of 210.19966 billion, 296.3 million was finally deleted. Projects under the supervision of the Ministry of Development had the most budget cuts, reaching 154 million yuan, mainly because the 5G infrastructure public construction budget was cut by 100 million yuan.

Finally, it took 4 hours to complete the review, and then the proposed review report will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan for discussion, which will be handed over to the party group for consultation before the meeting.

The special budget for the fourth phase of the forward-looking period includes the Presidential Palace, the Executive Yuan, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Communications, the The department is in charge of the project.

Legislator Zeng Mingzong is particularly concerned about Taiwan's economic situation next year. Zeng Mingzong said that next year's economic GDP growth rate is expected to be 2.2% at home and abroad, and the unemployment rate is estimated to be 3.78%. Facing the severe economic situation, in addition to looking forward to the fourth phase of construction , how the National Development Council of the Executive Yuan plans to respond.

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Gong Mingxin, chairman of the National Development Council, said that the forward-looking budget for next year will increase by 20% compared with this year, among which there are more social welfare and public construction, which will help the economic growth momentum; The consumption situation remains hot; private investment will indeed be severe next year. For export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises, this time can be used for smart and low-carbon transformation. The government will provide more assistance. Use this time point to make physical adjustments. Judging from the signal, there have been enough signals since September this year, and it seems that it will gradually improve in the second half of next year.

Legislator Fan Yun is concerned about Hualien’s railway construction and domestic flights. Fan Yun pointed out that since the outbreak of the epidemic, the utilization rate of Hualien Airport has continued to slump. Now there are only domestic flights, and there are only Hualien-Kaohsiung daily flights, and Hualien-Taipei flights. There are 4 round-trip flights per week, and 3 round-trip flights between Hualien and Taichung every week. The Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications is required to consider using Hualien Airport to attract international tourists, and to study incentives for domestic flights.

The dual-track electrification plan for the Huadong area should be included in the future Hualien-Jian railway elevated line capacity planning, or even implemented together once and for all. The Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Communications is invited to propose a specific plan.

Today, 52 projects (including merged cases) were cut from the budget, with a total of 296.3 million yuan. Projects in charge of the Presidential Palace were cut by 1.3 million yuan, the Executive Yuan was 18.8 million yuan, the Ministry of the Interior was 3.5 million yuan, the Ministry of Finance was 1.2 million yuan, and the Ministry of Education was 6 million yuan. 37.5 million from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, 31 million from the Ministry of Communications, 36 million from the Council of Agriculture, 3 million from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2 million from the Environmental Protection Agency, 2 million from the Ministry of Culture, and 154 million from the Ministry of Data Development.