In January 2023, the CUFE fiscal research team from the Institute of Finance and Economics, including Lin Guangbin, Ning Jing, Sun Chuanhui, and Zhao Guoqin, published the Blue Book of Fiscal Development Annual Report on International Fiscal Development Index (2022).

Based on the new strategic positioning that “fiscal management is the foundation and an essential pillar of national governance” and in accordance with the operating features and laws of national fiscal activities, the report developed a new analytical paradigm of “fiscal operation, stability, equalization, governance, and potential” from the traditional “fiscal revenue, expenditure, balance, and management.” The report utilized this new paradigm to create a framework for the fiscal development index and to conduct a quantitative assessment of the fiscal development of major countries in the world for comparative purposes.