In the first three quarters, the national general public budget spent 21019.9 billion yuan, an increase of 1% over the previous year. Looking at the central government and local authorities, the central government's general public budget spent 3282 billion yuan at this level, an increase of 5.8% over the previous year; the local general public budget spent 17737.9 billion yuan, an increase of 0.2% over the previous year. The main expenditure categories are as follows: 1. Education expenditure was 3195.6 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1% over the previous year. 2. Science and technology expenditure was 731.7 billion yuan, an increase of 3.0% over the previous year. 3. Cultural tourism, sports and media expenditure was 249.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.0%. 4. Social security and employment expenses amounted to 3673.2 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the previous year. 5. Health expenditure was 1691.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% over the previous year. 6. Energy saving and environmental protection expenditure was 343.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 12.5%. 7. Urban and rural communities spent 140.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%. 8. Agriculture, forestry and water expenditure was 1525.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.1%. 9. Transportation expenditure was 812.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.1%. 10. Debt interest payments amounted to 1027.9 billion yuan, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.

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