08 Apr 2021
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On Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) held a press conference introducing its fiscal priorities for the next five years.
High up on MoF’s to-do list: Rejiggering China’s taxation system.
Deputy Finance Minister Ou Wenhan kicked off the presser by hailing the scale of tax cuts over ...
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