As hard as the finance ministry may try to balance expenditures and revenues, it lacks the needed political weight. Last year, the central government delegated more education and health-care expenditures to regional bodies, without allocating more resources – and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
财政部也许在竭尽全力保持收支平衡，但它缺少必要的政治权威。去年，中央政府将更多的教育和医疗支出分给了地区政府，但又没有配置更多资源——也没有人能为此做些什么。