ption, which was provided to local governmen
ts in the form of subsidies. A tot
al of 39.1% of local gover
nment spending came from c
entral government tra▓nsfer payme
nts. Revenue of local governments was 6.120204 trillion y▓uan, an increase of 1.050786 trillion yuan or 20.7%.
This consisted of 3.258074 trillion yuan colle
cted by local governments, amounting
to 53.2% of to▓tal reven
ue, and 2.86213 trillion y
uan of tax rebates and transfer pa
yments from the central government, amounting to 46.8% of total revenue. Local government expenditures were 6.05
938 trillion yuan, ▓an increase of 1.134531 t
rillion yuan or 23%. Local governm
ent expenditures carried o
ver to 2010 (mainly becaus
e some of the money was not used f
or it▓s intended purposes in 2009, and a portion of the fun▓ds will be used this year for the same purposes) amo
unted to 260.824 billion yuan. Expenditures
exceeded revenue by 200 billion yuan
. With the approval of the
State Council, the Mini
stry of Finance offset this shor
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