On November 17th, SJZU held a review meeting for the 2026 budget projects in the third conference room of the administration building. President Wang Yongqin and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Ji Lihuai attended the review meeting.

Wang emphasized in the speech that the school budget plays a crucial supporting role in advancing the modernization of school governance. First, it is necessary to move away from extensive and towards meticulous management, implementing full-process oversight of departmental fund usage and budget execution. Second, overlaps must be eliminated through coordinated planning, ensuring that project planning is comprehensively aligned with the school’s development strategy. Third, awareness must be strengthened to reduce costs, with a focus on cost control and the rational use of resources. Fourth, intensive management should be applied to optimize resource allocation, emphasizing output indicators and performance management. Fifth, equipment and resources should be centrally coordinated to enhance public efficiency, breaking down departmental barriers and implementing school-wide integrated planning and management. Sixth, focus should be put on key areas with precise investment, strengthening project portfolio management. Based on the school’s annual priorities and development goals, funds should be allocated according to urgency and importance, ensuring that funds follow projects and are used where they are most needed.

Ji set forth requirements for the 2026 budget preparation, emphasizing the need to enhance the accuracy, transparency, and operability of the budget. This will make budget arrangements more scientific and rational, optimizing the fund allocation structure, and ensuring funding for priorities while curtailing non-essential expenditures, thereby improving the efficiency of fund utilization.

At the meeting, the heads of each participating unit reported on the completion of their respective departments’ budget revenues and expenditures in 2025, as well as the status of departmental budget projects and their expected performance outcomes in 2026. They also addressed questions raised by the university’s Budget Preparation and Performance Evaluation Leading Group.

(Contributed by: Office of Financial Affairs; Written by: Wang Shasha)