The Information Office of the State Council held a series of thematic press conferences on the "opening remarks of authoritative departments" today. Minister of Finance Liu Kun introduced the implementation of the major decisions and arrangements of the 20th CPC National Congress. In 2022, China will strengthen the implementation of fiscal policies and strive to stabilize the economy. At the press conference, the relevant head of the Ministry of Finance also said that the special action of financial supervision will be carried out in 2023. Zhu Zhongming, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance, said that last year our financial department punished more than 170 accounting firms, and the number of such penalties exceeded the sum of the previous three years. This year, we will continue to strengthen this work. In addition to the direct inspection of 35 accounting firms and 10 asset appraisal institutions by the Ministry of Finance, we will also organize financial departments across the country to carry out certain coverage inspections. It is reported that in 2023, the Ministry of Finance will launch a special action on financial and accounting supervision, focusing on three areas. The first is to seriously investigate and deal with violations of disciplines and regulations in the financial and economic fields that violate the requirements of the central government's macro decision-making and governance regulation and affect the high-quality development of the economy and society; The second is to strengthen the rigid constraints of financial discipline, focus on the implementation of tax and fee support policies, the tight living of the party and government organs, and strengthen the "three guarantees" and other key tasks at the grass-roots level, strengthen the supervision and control, and strengthen financial discipline. In addition, we will also crack down on financial accounting violations, strengthen the supervision of the quality of accounting information and the practice quality of intermediary institutions, seriously investigate and deal with financial fraud, accounting fraud and other violations, and resolutely eliminate the "black sheep". Zhu Zhongming, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance, said that the violations found in the inspection should be dealt with and punished in accordance with the law, and the inspection announcement and typical cases should be issued in time to make the financial discipline "live with long teeth" and become an untouchable "high-voltage wire". We will have zero tolerance for violations of financial laws and regulations and will never let financial discipline become a "scarecrow". (Xinhua News Agency)