6) Spending on cultural programs will total 27.975 billion yuan, an increase of 2.694 billion yuan or 10.7%. Cultural programs of a public service nature will be vigorously developed to open up more areas of consumption. Support will be forthcoming to provide free admission to public museums, memorial halls and national patriotic education demonstration bases under cultural and relics departments at all levels across the country. Projects will be carried out to protect major cultural and historical sites to strengthen protection of the country's important national heritage. Support will go to extending coverage of national wireless radio and television programs in rural areas, expanding sharing of cultural information and resources across the country, promoting digital movie displays in rural areas, developing small rural reading rooms and carrying out other cultural projects that benefit the people. We will promote reform of the culture system, promote the conversion of profit-making cultural institutions into enterprises, and develop the culture industry.

7) A total of 178.045 billion yuan will be spent on grain, edible oil and materials reserves, an increase of 67.535 billion yuan or 61.1%. Nineteen billion yuan has been set aside for direct subsidies to grain producers, an increase of 25.8%. In order to stimulate domestic demand, 78.341 billion yuan has been earmarked to expand reserves of important materials such as grain, edible oil, petroleum, nonferrous metals and specialty steel products and develop storage facilities. We will support a large increase in the minimum grain purchase prices and make allocations in full and on time for the purchase and storing of grain and associated expenses and interests. A subsidy of 13% of the purchase price will be granted to rural residents buying motorcycles and home appliances such as color TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, cell phones, computers, water heaters and air-conditioners, for which 20 billion yuan has been set aside, a 9-fold increase. Five billion yuan has been allocated in one-time government subsidies for rural residents who scrap their three-wheeled vehicles and slow-speed trucks for light-duty trucks and those who buy passenger vehicles with engine displacements at or under 1.3L. A total of 7.4 billion yuan will be used to improve logistics and develop modern services in rural areas.

8) Expenditures for science and technology will total 146.103 billion yuan, an increase of 29.774 billion yuan or 25.6%. A totalof 93.801 billion yuan will apply to speed up advances and independent innovation in science and technology, promote strategic economic restructuring, and increase financing for basic research and application research. Another 32.8 billion yuan has been earmarked to ensure the success of major science and technology projects. We will support efforts to improve research conditions and capacity in (key) national laboratories, scientific research institutes and universities. We will promote technological upgrading and independent innovation in enterprises, speed up development of new- and high- technology industries and the equipment manufacturing industry, and promote the conversion of advances in new and high technology into actual production. We will support development of small and medium-sized enterprises and technological innovation. We will promote development of regional science and technology innovation systems and organic integration of enterprises, universities and research institutes.

9) A total of 123.662 billion yuan has been set aside for environmental protection, an increase of 19.632 billion yuan or 18.9%. A total of 49.5 billion yuan for energy conservation and emissions reduction, an increase of 17%, will be spent on retrofitting energy-conserving technology, retiring backward production facilities, increasing application of efficient, energy-conserving products and alternative-fuel vehicles, controlling and preventing water pollution in the areas around the Huai, Hai, Liao and Songhua rivers and Tai, Chao and Dianchi lakes, and developing the pipelines to complete urban wastewater and garbage treatment facilities and major emissions reduction projects in the central and western regions. We will improve the compensation system for the exploitation of coal and other mineral resources and the mechanism for compensation for damage to the ecosystem. We will promote development of new energy resources and renewable energy sources. Another 52.096 billion yuan will go to work on key projects such as those to protect natural forests, return farmland to forest and restore pasturage to natural grassland.

10) Expenditures for public security will total 116.131 billion yuan, an increase of 28.554 billion yuan or 32.6%. The funding mechanism for procuratorial, judicial and public security departments will be reformed to implement a policy of budgeting expenses according to the type of department, financial assistance for local procuratorial, judicial and public security departments, especially lower-level departments in the central and western regions, will be increased, a mechanism for regular increases in allocations for ordinary expenses will be set up and efforts will be made to strengthen public security and armed police forces and make them more informationized.