Because local governments have limited financial resources, at the end of the year they have traditionally petitioned the central government for emergency funding in order to pay bonuses to teachers and government workers and also to pay off their debts to businesses for engineering and other projects.
由於自主財源有限，每逢年關，各地方政府總為了付不出公教人員年終獎金、考績獎金，或是積欠廠商工程款項無力籌付等情況，不得不向中央政府告急要錢。