Finance Minister Lan Fo’an says austerity is here to stay
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Fiscal policy will not be used to support the sluggish economy.
So says Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an in a People’s Daily op-ed laying out fiscal priorities published on December 2.
Lan wrote that austerity and fiscal discipline will be the order of the day in 2026:
“[We must] save every bit of mon...