Economic Theory and Business Management ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5): 25-53.

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Reshaping National Development Governance:A Review of Three Decades of Tax-sharing Reform

  

  1. 1 School of Public Policy and Management/ Institute for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Tsinghua University;
    2 School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
  • Online:2024-07-01 Published:2024-05-16

重塑国家发展治理:分税制改革三十年评述

  

  1. 1  清华大学公共管理学院、清华大学国情研究院;   2  清华大学公共管理学院。
  • 基金资助:
    本文得到清华大学自主科研计划(2022THZWYY01)、清华大学文科建设“双高”计划项目(2021TSG08303)的资助。

Abstract: The fiscal system is an important part of the economic system, reflecting the operational requirements of the economic system and embodying the centrallocal fiscal relationsThe taxsharing system reform in 1994 was an inevitable choice under the specific historical conditions, and a major adjustment of the fiscal relations between the central and local governments, and a key step in the transformation from a planned economy to a market economy This paper introduces the background and main contents of the taxsharing reform, the establishment of a modern fiscal system, the reform of the fiscal system, the idea of the reform of the fiscal system, as well as the key points and difficulties of the future reform of the fiscal system The paper empirically analyzes the operation of Chinas fiscal system after the taxsharing system, and analyzes the importance of the construction of the fiscal system in the improvement of the socialist market economic system, macroeconomic regulation and control, and the enhancement of national governance capacity Based on this paper, the following conclusions can be drawn 
Firstly, the reform of tax-sharing system is a profound change in the history of Chinas fiscal system, and it is a starting point for redefining the fiscal relationship between the central government and the local government, and the continuous reform of the fiscal system after the reform of taxsharing system has promoted the rule of law of the fiscal and taxation system The reform of the fiscal system that has been continuously promoted since the taxsharing reform has continuously promoted the construction of the rule of law, standardization and internationalization of the fiscal system, and the modernization of the fiscal governance system and governance capacity
Secondly, the reform of the tax-sharing system has enhanced the fiscal extraction capacity of the State and the central Government, providing a financial foundation for effective national governance At the same time, the redistribution of financial resources between the central and local governments and the local governments control over land have led to the formation of diversified sources of financial resources for local governments, which are highly dependent on central transfers and landrelated revenues in a pattern of local governmentdominated financial expenditures, thereby also raising the issue of the sustainability and autonomy of local financial resources
Thirdly, after the reform of the tax-sharing system, the continuous improvement of the fiscal system has played a positive role in the development and governance of the country, and is the basic support for the establishment and improvement of the socialist market economic system, with the rational allocation of central and local financial resources playing an important supporting role in guaranteeing the central governments macroeconomic regulation and control, as well as in upgrading the countrys governance capacity


Key words: tax-sharing system,  , financial system, national development governance

摘要: 本文以1994年分税制改革为起点,系统评述了中国现代财政体制的演进历程和影响。首先回顾了分税制改革的背景和主要内容,接着探讨了分税制改革后中国财政体制改革的持续推进,包括法治建设、改革思路、重要举措以及未来改革的重点和难点。其次分析了分税制改革后我国财政体制的运行情况,包括总体财力、中央与地方财政收入分配、地方财力构成以及预算支出等公共资金的汲取与配置问题。最后论证了财政体制建设与国家发展治理的关系,包括完善市场经济体制、宏观经济调控和提升国家发展治理能力等方面。通过对历年数据的分析和图表呈现,本文得出如下结论:第一,分税制改革是中国财政体制历史上的一次深刻变革,是重新界定中央与地方财政关系的一个起点,此后财政体制的持续改革不断推进了财政治理体系与治理能力现代化。第二,分税制改革提升了国家以及中央的财政汲取能力,为有效推进国家发展治理提供了财政基础。第三,分税制改革后,随着财政体制的不断完善,财政对于国家发展治理发挥了积极作用。本文全面评估了分税制改革对中国国家发展治理的重要影响和未来发展的挑战与机遇。


关键词: 分税制, 财政体制, 国家发展治理