This is a daunting task, which cannot be achieved within one or two years. On the contrary, it could take a few decades or generations of people to change this attitude. By so speaking, it does not mean that we can be relieved from our responsibilities at this crucial moment. We must now jointly make strides to achieve our long-term objectives. In this endeavor to meet the above challenges, more importantly we are required to expediently tackle the problem step by step, aim our target and accomplish this daunting task as appropriate in every direction of reforms.
Accountability means the capacity to call public officials to task for their actions.
Transparency entails the low-cost access to relevant information. Predictability results primarily form law and regulations that are clear, known in advance, and uniformly and effectively enforced, and participation is needed to supply reliable information and to provide check for government action. As part of this task, the MEF has endeavored to play a leading role and achieved remarkable results. It is true that we could not eradicate, once and for all, corruption in economic and public finance management. However, we did make considerable efforts to gradually improve the management of public resources by establishing a sound legal framework, promoting transparency, accountability and predictability with the view to reducing the scale of corruption and enhancing the efficiency of economic and financial management.