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Table 1 the change of transfer payment structure from 1995 to 2012 in China

From: Transfer payment structure and local government fiscal efficiency: evidence from China

Year

Scale of transfer payment (Billion CNY)

Tax refund

Categorical grant

(Financial transfer payment)

Condition grant

Amount

(Billion CNY)

Proportion

(%)

Amount

(Billion CNY)

Proportion

(%)

Amount

(Billion CNY)

Proportion

(%)

1995

253.3

186.7

73.7

29.1

11.5

37.5

14.8

1996

267.2

194.9

72.9

23.5

8.8

48.9

18.3

1997

280.1

201.2

71.8

27.3

9.7

51.6

18.4

1998

328.5

208.3

63.4

31.3

9.5

88.9

27.1

1999

399.2

212.1

53.1

51.1

12.8

136.0

34.1

2000

474.8

220.7

46.5

89.3

18.8

164.8

34.7

2001

611.7

230.9

37.7

160.5

26.2

220.4

36.0

2002

735.3

300.7

40.9

194.4

26.4

240.2

32.7

2003

805.8

342.5

42.5

224.1

27.8

239.2

29.7

2004

1037.9

360.9

34.7

335.2

32.3

342.3

33.0

2005

1147.4

375.8

32.8

417.7

36.4

352.9

30.8

2006

1349.1

393.0

29.1

516.0

38.3

441.2

32.7

2007

1811.2

409.6

22.6

709.3

39.2

689.2

38.1

2008

2294.6

428.2

18.7

869.6

37.9

996.7

43.4

2009

2888.9

493.4

17.1

1137.5

39.4

1258.0

43.5

2010

3234.1

499.3

15.4

1323.6

40.9

1411.2

43.6

2011

3992.1

504.0

12.6

1831.1

45.9

1657.0

41.5

2012

45,362

5128

11.3

21,430

47.2

18,804

41.5

2013

48,020

5045

10.5

24,363

50.7

18,610

38.8

2014

51,591

5082

9.9

27,568

53.4

18,941

36.7

2015

55,098

5019

9.1

28,455

51.7

21,624

39.2

  1. Note: the data is from “China Financial Yearbook” and “Summary of Financial Statistics”; the categorical transfer payment is called financial transfer payment before 2009