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China plans more tax cuts to spur consumption, vice finance minister says 

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  • Chinese finance ministry has pledged a more active fiscal policy to help bolster China's slowing economy.
  • China is planning more tax cuts to help spur domestic consumption, Vice Finance Minister Zou Jiayi told Reuters on Thursday.
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China is planning more tax cuts to help spur domestic consumption, Vice Finance Minister Zou Jiayi told Reuters on Thursday.

The finance ministry has pledged a more active fiscal policy to help bolster China's slowing economy.

China will provide $30.72 billion in new funding to poor areas from 2018 to 2020, Zou said on the sidelines of a forum in Beijing.