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China will expand government spending to spur consumer demand and shore up investment in public services to strengthen the economy next year, the country’s financial authorities said on Sunday.
At the top of the list of tasks, the ministry said, was building a robust domestic market through “vigorously boosting consumption” and “actively expanding effective investment”.
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“Our country’s domestic market holds huge potential,” state news agency Xinhua quoted Finance Minister Lan Foan as telling the conference.
“Fiscal policy should play an active role in expanding domestic demand and smoothing circulation in the economy.”
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Lan also said China would continue in 2026 the “more proactive” fiscal policy that it adopted for the first time in 2025.