１９９８年，新一任财政部长上任伊始，开宗明义，“要严格执法，不怕得罪人”。最近召开的全国财政工作会议上，项怀诚部长再次强调，要“切实改进和加强财政监督管理，促进依法理财和依法行政”。既一语切中时弊，又对加强财政监督管理，规范支出运行机制提出了严格要求，指 In 1998, the new finance minister took office at the very beginning and set out his own principle that “we should strictly enforce the law and not be afraid to offend people.” At the recent national work conference on finance, Minister Xiang Huaicheng emphasized once again that it is necessary to “earnestly improve and strengthen financial supervision and administration, promote wealth management according to law and administer affairs according to law.” In a word, we cut the current shortcomings and put forward strict requirements on strengthening the financial supervision and management and regulating the operation mechanism of expenditure, which means