弱势下的扩张:中国财政状况和政策取向分析

目前以预算内财政收入计算的财政规模很低,但这一指标并没有全面反映我国财政的规模,真实的财政规模其实相当大。用“积极的财政政策和稳健的货币政策”概括1998年以来的宏观调控有失公允,为确保经济增长,中央政府实际上调动了包括货币政策在内的所有政策资源刺激经济。目前,我国债务规模在可控范围之内,真正决定积极财政政策取向的是财政项目的效益等因素,我国积极财政政策已经转向谨慎。正在实行的财政政策有两个显著特点,一是推进公共财政体系建设,这是由我国经济体制改革的总体目标设定的;二是在实行积极财政政策的同时,增加税收,这反映了财政在加强自身建设的同时(提高财政两个比重),竭力完成宏观调控目标的努力。这两个看似矛盾的政策,统一在当前的财政政策中,恰当地反映了转型期财政必须应对的多重目标。

EXPANSION UNDER WEAKNESS: CHINESE FISCAL SITUATION AND POLICY ORIENTATION

The fiscal size measured by budget income is very small, while the real one is great. Our government debt is within the size controllable. Active fiscal policy orientation depends on the benefit of the fiscal programs. The fiscal policy implemented now have two characteristics, one is improving the establishment of our public fiscal system, which is determined by the general goal of our economic system reform; the other is increasing tax, showing the multi-targets of self-construction and achieving macroeconomic control goals.