Full implementation of the audit rectification strengthen and improve supervision lottery

Full implementation of the audit rectification strengthen and improve supervision lottery
--- Treasury officials on the "lottery funds audit results announcement," A reporter asked about the issue

June 26, 2015 Source: Ministry of Finance Information Office
Q: The "Audit Notice" fully affirmed the effectiveness of the use of funds and management of the lottery, lottery clear that the current problems in the field. Please tell us about the situation of China's lottery business development and management of the lottery.
A: China since 1987 lottery. 28 years, China's lottery business from scratch, growing, generally maintained a steady and healthy development of national welfare lottery continues to highlight the features.
First, the scale of sustained and rapid growth in lottery sales, strong support for the development of China's social welfare undertakings. Lottery sales volume of 17.4 million yuan from 1987 to 2014, steady growth of 382.378 billion yuan, in 2014 the national lottery revenue reached 104.252 billion yuan. With the steady expansion of the scale of the lottery, lottery range progressively from Home welfare and sport, to develop education, culture, urban and rural medical assistance, the Red Cross, the disabled, the poor, legal aid, rural poor mothers "two cancer" and other rescue more than 10 social welfare projects and fields, and achieved good social benefits.
Second, the lottery management system for continuous improvement, the rule of law significantly improved. Lottery regulatory system construction closely around the national franchise offering, market discipline run, capital requirements to promote safe and effective. We have developed a Lottery sales management, financial management of the lottery agency, lottery use management, sales channel management and a series of specific management practices, the basic form of the "Lottery Regulations", "Implementation Rules Lottery Regulations" as the core, a number of administration of matching lottery system management laws and regulations, according to the law to strengthen compliance lottery management system provides an important regulatory safeguards. At the same time, strengthen the lottery market situation analysis, establish a sound system of expert consultation and review mechanism, enhance sectoral coordination, lottery regulation scientific and legal, professional level steadily.
Third, management innovation lottery sales, lottery market showing an overall stable and healthy development. Lottery increasingly rich varieties, constantly optimize the product structure, the basic form of numeric lottery, quiz-type, video type games based, supplemented by traditional open-type lottery games and other varieties of pattern. Lottery manual mode from the initial development of the sales hotline system computer systems and information technology combined circulation sales efficiency and safe operation significantly improved, basically forming a joint sales nationwide, regional integration, regional specialties complementary multi-level lottery sales network. At present, China lottery sales outlets throughout the urban and rural areas, has become a team of employees and the size of the Lottery, lottery market system is basically formed, continue to strengthen supervision of the lottery, lottery market order is generally good.
From the lottery management system and the division of responsibilities, our country lottery concession issued by the State Council. From 1991 to 1999, the People's Bank of China State Council department in charge of the lottery, since 1999, the State Council decided to lottery management functions by the People's Bank of China handed over the Ministry of Finance. After nearly three years of exploration development, formed under the leadership of the State Council, finance, civil affairs, sports, public security, industry and commerce departments to facilitate lottery management structure.
According to relevant regulations of the State Council "Lottery Regulations" and its implementation rules, etc., the State Council issued the concessionaire welfare lottery, sports lottery. Without a State Department license, prohibit the distribution of other lotteries. The central and provincial finance department is the National Lottery regulatory authorities responsible for the supervision and management within the national lottery and the scope of the administrative region. Central and provincial civil affairs department is the administrative department of sports lottery agencies are responsible for the welfare lottery, sports lottery management. Above the county level public security, industry and commerce departments lottery market order maintenance department, within their respective areas of responsibility, to investigate and punish illegal lottery, finance, civil affairs, actively cooperate with the sports department. And two central provinces lottery distribution and sales organization specifically responsible for lottery sales, executive leadership and operational guidance to accept the same level civil affairs, sports, finance departments. Overall, the department division of labor, coordination, lottery sales management in order to ensure the smooth operations played an active role.
In 1999 the Ministry of Finance took over the supervision of the lottery since, conscientiously implement the Party Central Committee and State Council decisions and plans and requirements, in conjunction with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, General Administration of Sports, Ministry of Public Security, Business Administration and other departments to adhere to issue national lottery public welfare purposes, improve the lottery distribution policy strengthen the lottery project management, strict compliance with the lottery regulatory approval responsibilities, strengthen supervision of the safe operation of the lottery, lottery management to promote the rule of law, efforts to enhance the regulatory capacity lottery, showing healthy and orderly development of the overall situation of the lottery market.
At the same time, we also clearly recognize that the current lottery management is also facing many difficulties and challenges, mainly as follows: a large lottery sales expansion pressure, the market order to be further standardized, regulatory system is not perfect lottery, lottery regulatory capacity and efficiency to be further improved, the lottery need to further improve efficiency in the use. The special audit lottery funding announcement pointed out that there are some areas and the management of lottery funds idle more chaotic, illegal use of the Internet sales of lottery units and individuals reap illegitimate interests chaos, it is a timely "consultation." Some of these issues orders and prohibitions crime and even against the wind, there is the system is not smooth, the system is imperfect, management irregularities caused through strict law enforcement, strengthen management, deepen the reform to be addressed as soon as possible. We will follow a comprehensive deepening reform, and comprehensively promote the rule of law requirements, seriously implement the audit rectification task to further improve and strengthen the supervision of the lottery. At the same time, comply with the new situation of the lottery management, and actively promote the lottery management system and mechanism innovation, to create conditions for sustained and healthy development of the lottery.
Q: The "Audit Notice" pointed out the current problems in the use of lottery, lottery media have appeared unaccounted questioned. Will the national lottery is how to manage? How to further strengthen the financial sector and improve management?
A: The lottery is based on a certain percentage of lottery sales revenue extraction, funds earmarked for social welfare development. State lottery distribution and use of management is strictly regulated. "Lottery Regulations" and its Implementing Rules and the "Ministry of Finance on the issuance of <lottery management practices" notice "clearly defined, according to the government lottery into the budget of the management of the Fund, and expenditure management, earmarked for social welfare, sports and other social welfare undertakings, can not be used to balance public finances general budget. The central and local levels, lottery management, and use, shall be announced to the public lottery usage, by law each year the financial department, the audit department and public supervision.
Current lottery distribution policy of the central and local 50-50. Among them, turned over to the central government's lottery by 60%, 30%, 5% and 5%, respectively, used to supplement the national social security fund, the State Council approved the special public welfare, Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General Administration of Sport specific arrangements for social welfare and sports . Turned over to the provincial finance lottery, according to lottery distribution policy approved by the State Council, adhere to the purpose of use in accordance with the lottery, civil affairs by the provincial finance department, supplier, and other relevant departments to study sports determine distribution.
From 2014, the specific situation, of the national lottery revenue of 104.252 billion yuan, of which centralized lottery income 51.184 billion yuan. Approved by the National People's Congress, when the centralized lottery arrangements expenditure of 50.184 billion yuan, including supplementary national social security fund 26.981 billion yuan, 2.249 billion yuan project expenditure schedule Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Sports General Administration to arrange project expenditures 2.249 billion yuan, the State Council central special arrangements for public welfare projects approved spending 18.705 billion yuan. Among them, the central special public welfare projects in particular: minor-school education expenditure 4.198 billion yuan; student education spending 800 million yuan; Red Cross cause spending 446 million yuan; the cause of persons with disabilities expenditure 2.164 billion yuan; rural medical assistance expenditure 16 billion; poverty spending 1.5 billion yuan; cultural expenditure 750 million yuan; legal aid spending 100 million yuan; rural poor mothers two cancer aid spending 100 million yuan; infant nutrition subsidy spending 050 million yuan; rural pension services spending 998 million yuan; mentally ill welfare spending 500 million yuan building institutions; birth defects intervention and assistance spending 090 million yuan; earthquake recovery and reconstruction of public projects spending 1.3 billion yuan; Xinjiang, Tibet, Guizhou, Ningxia, gannan the central Soviet Area, Shandong Yimeng old revolutionary base areas, etc. in some areas of social service construction spending 4.109 billion yuan. 2014 local retained income of 53.068 billion yuan lottery, after approval by the local People's Congress for consideration, mainly for spending on social welfare, sports, people with disabilities, education and other aspects. Central and local annual lottery raising, distribution and use, go through the Ministry of Finance and the provincial finance department portals and other channels, in a timely manner to the public.
The "Audit Notice" pointed out lottery management problems concentrated expression, some local Community Chest funded projects illegal use of welfare changes, the implementation of some projects slow or idle funds did not play due benefits, some places diverted lottery paid Internet lottery sales insufficient budget or balance the general public and other companies incentives to make up unit costs. The audit found that for the problem, the Audit Commission issued audit rectification timely notification to the auditee, the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Civil Affairs, General Administration of Sport and other departments do a good job in this department rectification work, but also issued a notice to the local, the requirements itemized rectification , giving top priority to improve the system, strengthen management, for violation of discipline should be held accountable. Ministry of Finance will improve with relevant departments to further study the lottery distribution and use of methods to strengthen the audit lottery project management, supervision and carry out special inspections lottery project, and effectively improve the efficiency in the use lottery.
Q: For "Audit Notice" pointed out that the use of lottery operating expenses Problems, how to further strengthen the financial sector management?
A: The lottery business expenses is to extract a certain percentage of lottery sales, lottery funds earmarked for sales activities. According to relevant regulations, "Lottery Regulations" and its implementation details, etc., 2015, lottery agencies, lottery sales agency business fee income into the financial accounts, and expenditure management, earmarked for issuing lottery sales activities It can not be used to balance the budget or other public finance general expenditures.
The audit identified a number of local authorities in the presence of issuance costs using misappropriated, illegal purchase, illegal acquisition or construction of office buildings and hotels and the issuance of allowances and subsidies and other issues. Ministry of Finance carried out a careful study, combined with the lottery agency business fee management new situation, and actively take corrective measures. First, since 2015 the lottery agency business fee units managed by the financial revenue and expenditure plans to incorporate government funds budget management, to further standardize and strengthen the lottery agency budgeting, execution management, and effectively improve capital efficiency. Second, pay close attention to study and improve the composition ratio of lottery funding policy. Lottery sales costs based on actual changes, strictly limited to the proportion of lottery winnings, lottery fees appropriate reduction ratio, a reasonable increase the proportion of lottery, fully embodies the attributes of social welfare lottery. Third is to actively support the issuance of lottery agencies sales activities to ensure that lottery operating expenses earmarked. For unauthorized interception, misappropriation or diversion of lottery operating expenses, in accordance with the relevant provisions of accountability and discipline. Meanwhile, to further promote the lottery key projects to minimize the issue fee surplus funds to improve capital efficiency.
Q: "Audit Notice" clearly pointed out the existence of irregularities in 17 provinces using the Internet to sell lottery chaos, please tell us about the current progress of rectification unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery, as well as the next relevant considerations.
A: In recent years, a number of other local authorities as well as the site for the pursuit of their own interests and lottery sales, regardless of the relevant state regulations, unauthorized use of the Internet to sell lottery tickets. The audit identified irregularities in some units and individuals seek improper interests clues, some involving the unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery activities. Unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery behavior of the lack of necessary supervision, security is difficult to protect, not only harms the interests of the majority of lottery, but also interfere with the healthy development of China's lottery. To effectively strengthen management, and effectively prevent risks, since 2014, the Ministry of Finance, public security, civil affairs, sports and other relevant departments, and gradually increase straighten out and standardize management efforts. Public security, industry and commerce departments to combat illegal lottery ticket, dealt with a number of unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery tickets and other illegal activities, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Sports General Administration to carry out self-correction and focus on examination, cutting off the unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery source . Meanwhile, in early April this year, eight departments jointly issued a notice to the community, prohibiting the unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery behavior in order to advance notice. Authorities will severely deal with illegal behavior, accountability and discipline. Overall, the current spread of unauthorized use of the Internet sales of lottery momentum have been effectively curbed.
It should be stressed that the national welfare lottery must demonstrate features and social responsibility. Use of the Internet sales of lottery with a virtual manner, networks, etc., involving a wide range, the difficulty of monitoring, high security risk, social responsibility is more important, the need for strict management. It is understood that countries around the world use the Internet to sell lottery tickets generally adopted a very cautious approach, for example, Germany is strictly prohibited the use of the Internet to sell lottery tickets, individual states in the United States only pilot, Britain, France only by lottery in self-site sales. Ministry of Finance will channel coordination with relevant departments under the overall planning of online and offline development, actively and steadily support the use of Internet technologies for lottery ticket sales pilot, sum up experience, improve policies, to ensure a smooth and orderly Internet sales of lottery, controlled safety, health development of.