7-6  Main Items of National Government Expenditure of Central and Local Governments (2008)
	(100 million yuan)
Item
	National	Central	Local
	Government
	Expenditure	Government	Governments
National Government Expenditure	62592.66	13344.17	49248.49
Expenditure for General Public Services	9795.92	2344.55	7451.37
Interest Payments on Domestic and Foreign Debts	1305.09	1249.19	55.90
Expenditure for Foreign Affairs	240.72	239.15	1.57
Expenditure for External Assistance	125.59	125.59
Expenditure for National Defense	4178.76	4098.95	79.81
Expenditure for Public Security	4059.76	648.63	3411.13
Expenditure for Armed Police	664.13	502.26	161.87
Expenditure for Education	9010.21	491.63	8518.58
Expenditure for Science and Technology	2129.21	1077.35	1051.86
Expenditure for Culture, Sport and Media	1095.74	140.61	955.13
Expenditure for Social Safety Net and Employment Effort	6804.29	344.28	6460.01
Expenditure for Medical and Health Care	2757.04	46.78	2710.26
Expenditure for Environment Protection	1451.36	66.21	1385.15
Expenditure for Urban and Rural Community Affairs	4206.14	14.33	4191.81
Expenditure for Agriculture, Forestry and Water Conservancy	4544.01	308.38	4235.63
Expenditure for Transportation	2354.00	913.20	1440.80
Expenditure for Purchasing Vehicles	1002.74	659.19	343.55
Expenditure for Industry, Commerce and Banking	6226.37	2133.90	4092.47
Expenditure for Post-earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction	798.34	62.47	735.87
Other Expenditure	2940.79	413.75	2527.04