China has made remarkable achievements in the field of tax collection in 2005 that had scaled a new height, and more effort should be made to step up supervision over tax collection, continue tax reform and improve both quality and efficiency of national tax work in 2006.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made the remarks when writing comments about China's tax collection work.

The task for China's tax collection work remains arduous and heavy this year, and the national tax collection departments should make full use of the taxing means in adjusting economy and income distribution, so as to safeguard the stable and rapid growth of tax revenue, he said.

China posted a record high of 3.0866 trillion yuan (US$386 billion) in tax revenues, excluding tariffs and agricultural tax in 2005, up 20 percent year on year.

(Xinhua News Agency January 9, 2006)