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Free AccessMNI 5 Things: China Maintains 6.5% GDP Growth Targets In 2018
--Keeping CPI at 3%, Same Y/Y
--Seeking Policy Continuity and Stability
--Targeting Same Growth in Credit & Monetary Supply
BEIJING (MNI) - The following lists the key observations on reports
released to media ahead of the opening of China's two-week National People's
Congress starting Monday, including Premier Li Keqiang's report on government
work.
- China aims to keep the economy growing 6.5% this year while limiting
inflation at 3%. While the GDP growth rate is slower than last year's actual
output of 6.9%, it is the same as the target set in March 2017, so actual growth
in 2018 may well top 6.5%. The GDP target, within people's expectations, is on
the medium-to-high end of the scale of expansion, and is more than enough to
meet China's goal of creating more than 11 million jobs this year, or doubling
GDP by 2020 from that of 2010.
- Seeking continuity and consistency in macro policies, China will keep its
fiscal policy "proactive," targeting 2.6% debt-to-GDP ratio, a reduction of 0.4
percentage point from a goal set last year. This reflects China's determination
to contain its debt, while seeking "quality" growth: relying more on services
and innovation, promoting development of inland and western regions. Each
percentage point of growth in service economy creates 2 million new jobs.
- "Prudent monetary policy will be kept neutral with appropriate levels of
tightness." Total social financing and M2 monetary supply will grow at similar
paces as the actual rates last year: TSF 12%, M2 8.2%. It will also maintain
"reasonable growth" in lending.
- The government will "effectively guide the levels of interest rates,
reform and enhance the supervision of cross-border capital flow." It will deepen
the market-based reform of interest and exchange rates, with the yuan exchange
rate "generally stable at adaptive and equilibrium level."
- China will reduce financial burdens on businesses and residents by CNY1
trillion this year, including a CNY800 billion cut in corporate and individual
taxes. Tax exemption limits for individuals will be raised, while minimum wages
will also be adjusted.
-- MNI Beijing bureau
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--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: iris.ouyang@marketnews.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: beijing@mni-news.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 85325998; email: he.wei@marketnews.com
--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86-10-8532-5998; email: beijing@marketnews.com
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