1. The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday unveiled its major economic tasks for 2016, the first year of the country's 13th Five-year Plan. To reduce housing inventories, more migrant rural workers should be issued with urban-residency permits, which will allow them to purchase housing in cities, according to a statement released after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee presided over by President Xi Jinping. China should also increase the urbanization ratio, which is based on the number of registered urban residents. In 2016, China will continue to promote mass entrepreneurship and innovation by relieving financial strain for companies. Measures include reductions to transaction costs, taxes and social insurance fees, the statement said. The government aims to improve the overall business environment by encouraging mergers, reorganization and, in some cases, companies filing for bankruptcy. "China should prevent and resolve financial risks and defend the bottom line to eliminate systemic and regional financial risks," the statement said. The streamlining of administrative processes, delegation of power, reform of state-owned firms, taxation, finance and social security will also continue to be prioritized.
2. China's publicly offered funds reached 7.2 trillion yuan by the end of November, the Assets Management Association of China (AMAC) said on Monday evening. According to the AMAC, there were 100 fund management companies in China by the end of November, including 45 joint ventures and 55 domestic-funded firms.
3. The balance of margin financing business on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges stood at 1.165 billion yuan on Monday, 14.11 billion yuan more than the previous day. This was the first increase for the margin financing balance after falls in nine straight trading days. On Monday the margin financing balance on Shanghai bourse reached 686.74 billion yuan, 7.56 billion yuan more than that of the previous trading day, while that on Shenzhen bourse was 478.56 billion yuan, 6.55 billion yuan higher than the previous trading day.
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