FACTBOX-What China said about economic policy at parliamentary meeting
Here is an overview of Li's comments on monetary policy, fiscal policy, the yuan, interest rates and bonds: MONETARY POLICY
Li said China's monetary policy would be prudent and "neither too tight nor too loose", and that the government would not resort to a flood of liquidity. He said China will use various monetary policy tools, enhance channels for policy transmission and maintain reasonably ample liquidity. Growth targets for M2 money supply, which includes cash in circulation and deposits, and total social financing this year would be in line with nominal GDP growth, Li said.
FISCAL POLICY China will step up its proactive fiscal policy, setting a budget deficit of 2.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), up from 2018's 2.6 percent target.
The Ministry of Finance said fiscal revenue will be increased by 5 percent and spending by 6.5 percent. For the full year, China plans to cut corporate burdens by nearly 2 trillion yuan ($298.2 billion). Li said the government will reduce the value-added tax (VAT) for the manufacturing sector to 13 percent from 16 percent. The VAT for the transport and construction sectors will be cut to 9 percent from 10 percent.
YUAN China will improve the formation mechanism of the yuan's exchange rate and keep the currency basically stable at reasonable levels, Li said.
The Chinese central bank sets a daily mid-point in the country's onshore foreign exchange market. The yuan is allowed to trade no more than 2 percentage points above or below that level against the dollar, to control volatility. The yuan is also traded offshore, mostly in Hong Kong, where there is no trading band.
A more detailed report released on Tuesday by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said China will also increase the yuan's exchange rate flexibility and strengthen regulations on cross-border capital flows in 2019. The state planner said it will make efforts to keep equity, bond and currency markets stable, and will react to abnormal fluctuations in a timely manner to prevent and fend off financial risks.
INTEREST RATES Li pledged to deepen market-oriented reforms in interest rates and to lower borrowing costs.
China will use policy tools such as reserve requirement ratios and interest rates in a timely manner to guide financial institutions to expand credit and lower loan costs to support the real economy. The NDRC said it will keep market rates reasonably stable. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
The Finance Ministry said it will grant local governments a quota of 2.15 trillion yuan for special bond issuances this year, sharply higher than the 1.35 trillion yuan quota it granted in 2018. The local government bond issuance quota was set at 3.08 trillion yuan for this year.
($1 = 6.7077 Chinese yuan) (Compiled by the Shanghai Newsroom Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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