China to improve its fiscal policy quality
China DailyA teller counts cash at a bank branch in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province. The government will normalize its implementation of the specified transfer payment mechanism to raise fiscal spending efficiency while "tightening the belt" to save money and enrich the people, said Liu. "We will increase the fiscal funds straightly channeled to the prefecture and county-level governments, and expand the scope of the coverage," Liu said, adding that the government will also beef up supervision during the process. China also decided to maintain a certain degree of its policy strength in tax and fee cuts, and continue implementing institutional tax and fee cuts to assist enterprises, Liu said. In 2021, the proactive fiscal policy will be "more sustainable" in terms of expenditure scale and policy strength to leave more policy space in addressing future risks and challenges, according to Liu.