Recently, according to the "2023 Department Budget" data released by the Beijing Palace Museum on its official website, the total revenue and expenditure budget of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 128.02379 million yuan. According to the requirements of relevant national departments, the ticket revenue of the Forbidden City is directly submitted to the central government as non-tax income, and is not within the scope of budget management of the Forbidden City. It is understood that the revenue budget of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 128.02379 million yuan, of which 195.354 million yuan was carried forward from the previous year, accounting for 15.26%; The general public budget allocation revenue is 675.245 million yuan, accounting for 52.74%; The business income is 140.5332 million yuan, accounting for 10.98%; The operating income of public institutions is 145 million yuan, accounting for 11.33%; Other income is 85.3675 million yuan, accounting for 6.67%; The balance of non-financial appropriations used was 38.7382 million yuan, accounting for 3.02%. It should be noted that the general public budget for 2023 allocated 675.245 million yuan that year, a decrease of 1100671 million yuan or 14.02% compared to the executed amount in 2022. This is in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on tightening living standards, strictly implementing frugality in all undertakings, and strictly controlling general expenditures. At the same time, we must adhere to the principle of maintaining pressure and ensuring reasonable support for expenditure needs such as open services and unit operations, as reflected in relevant expenditure subjects. For example, cultural tourism, sports, and media expenses amounted to 627.2285 million yuan, accounting for 92.89%; Social security and employment expenses amounted to 48.0165 million yuan, accounting for 7.11%. It is also understood that the expenditure budget of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 128.02379 million yuan, of which basic expenditure is 615.3746 million yuan, accounting for 48.07%; The project expenditure is 664.8633 million yuan, accounting for 51.93%. It is worth mentioning that the budget for cultural, tourism, sports, and media expenditure (category), cultural relics (fund), and cultural relics protection (item) of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 80.58 million yuan, an increase of 75.52 million yuan compared to the implemented amount in 2022. Mainly due to an increase in the budget for the protection and utilization of cultural relics under the central government. The financial allocation budget for the "three public" funds of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 2.8534 million yuan, a decrease of 3879 million yuan or 11.97% compared to 2022. Among them, the cost of going abroad on business was 863300 yuan, a decrease of 387900 yuan or 31.00% compared to 2022; The cost of purchasing and operating official vehicles is 1.7796 million yuan, which is the same as in 2022; The official reception fee is 190500 yuan, which is the same as in 2022. In addition, the total government procurement budget of the Palace Museum in 2023 is 611.6793 million yuan, including 49.2874 million yuan for government procurement of goods, 255.6681 million yuan for government procurement of engineering, and 306.7238 million yuan for government procurement services. Article/Our reporter Zhang Enjie (Xinhua News Agency)