During the first half year, the city's financial expenditure totals 18.69 billion yuan, up 26.2% over the same period last year, as released at a work meeting on taxation and financial revenue last week. The money has mostly spent on livelihood improvement projects. It is estimated that a total of 6.91 billion yuan has been expended on agriculture, forestry and aquiculture industries, social security and job placement, medical care, environmental protection, development of living communities etc.