Guangxi Issues Rules for Regular Fiscal Assistance Funds

China News Service reported that the Department of Finance of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, alongside relevant departments, issued administrative measures for regular fiscal assistance funds, introducing an ethnic minority task orientation starting in 2026. The measures direct funding allocations toward key regions, including key rural revitalization counties, border counties, ethnic autonomous counties, and areas carrying heavy assistance tasks. Mandatory county-level ratios directing funds specifically to poverty-alleviated villages were removed, allowing localities to direct funding toward villages with weak infrastructure and heavier workloads. The policy establishes standardized project management procedures across implementation and capital oversight. The proportion for project management fees was adjusted from 1% during the transition period to 2%, with an additional 5% of regional funds available for maintaining village-level public welfare assets. Regular fiscal assistance funds will be incorporated into ongoing budget execution monitoring, utilizing a dedicated transfer payment module in the unified budget management system to detect and handle issues.

Under the new administrative framework, eligible overseas Chinese agricultural and forestry farms are integrated into coordinated rural revitalization policies to address their shortages in small-scale public welfare infrastructure.