China's economy operating within appropriate range: Premier

An installation made of sock textiles is on display at a demonstration hall of the local sock-making industry in Zhuji, Zhejiang province, in February.[Photo/Agencies]

New ways of investment and financing are needed to enhance investment capacity of local governments and businesses, delivery of public facilities and major projects, supporting development in central and western part of China and boosting effective investment. These measures will include ear-marked funds, local debt swap, corporate bonds, and adjustment of the proportions of required registered capital in fixed asset investment projects, said Li.

He said in light of burgeoning consumer demands, new policies will be rolled out to unlock consumption potentials and improve living standards through means such as better express delivery and other logistics services. More global cooperation on production capacity will be encouraged as they will sure deliver more win-win results.

Li said that the real economy will be upgraded for better quality and greater efficiency through faster depreciation rate in machinery, textile, light industry and automobiles sectors and more investment channeled towards technical transformation of traditional industries.

Corporate R&D innovation will be encouraged by way of extra tax deduction for R&D costs and revision of the Administrative Measures for Determination of High and New Tech Enterprises. Wider application of green, energy-efficient and low-carbon products will be encouraged, and more sectors could plug in the "Internet+" initiative to foster new growth areas. As each sector becomes more vibrant, the stability of the overall economy will be built on a more solid basis.

Li said there exists no basis for continued depreciation of the RMB and China is well positioned to defend the bottom line of preventing regional or systemic risks.

Talking about the financial and capital market in China, Li said that financial stability bears on the overall economy. As an appropriate response to developments in the international financial market, China has recently improved the quotation regime of the RMB central parity. There exists no basis for continued depreciation of the RMB and the RMB exchange rate will stay basically stable at an adaptive and equilibrium level.

It is important to promote financial reform and opening-up and keep a reasonable and sufficient level of liquidity to better serve the real economy. It is important to accelerate relevant institution-building, and foster an open, transparent capital market of long-term stability and ensure its sound development. Risk management needs to be improved to defend the bottom line of preventing regional or systemic risks, said Li.

He urged holding steady against all adversities with undiverted focus on development.

He emphasized that we must cope with the uncertainties and challenges with determination and wisdom. All regions and government departments must hold steady against all adversities with undiverted focus on development, and keen attention to economic issues and trends that are in the making.

We should come up with more solid ideas, stay firm in holding dereliction of duty to count and form synergy in our work for tangible results. In so doing, we will be able to maintain medium-high speed of growth and achieve medium-high level of development of the Chinese economy.