Recently, relevant responsible comrades from the Ministry of Finance were interviewed by reporters on issues related to S&P International Credit Ratings maintaining our sovereign credit rating of “A+” and looking forward to “stability.” The reporter asked: On August 28, S&P International Credit Ratings released a report deciding to maintain China's sovereign credit rating of “A+” and look forward to “stability.” What is the Ministry of Finance's opinion on this? A: We welcome S&P's decision to maintain China's sovereign credit rating of “A+” and look forward to “stability.” The results fully affirm China's macroeconomic resilience, steady financial operations, and the effectiveness of risk prevention and control, and reflect the international market's confidence in China's high-quality development prospects. In the first half of 2026, China's economy was generally running smoothly, development resilience continued to be demonstrated, the industrial structure was continuously optimized, domestic demand potential was steadily released, guarantees in key areas were strong, and new momentum was increasingly “taking the lead”. The Chinese economy achieved effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth. Recently, the IMF raised China's economic growth forecast to 4.6% in 2026, once again confirming the international community's positive judgment on China's economic development potential. In the second half of the year, the Chinese government will continue to implement more active and promising macroeconomic policies, more vigorously implement the fiscal and financial coordination package to promote domestic demand, enhance the forward-looking, targeted, and collaborative nature of the policies, and continue to amplify the “combo punch” effect. We will expand domestic demand and deepen supply-side structural reforms in an integrated manner, accelerate the development of new quality productivity, effectively guarantee and improve people's livelihood, strive to achieve economic and social development goals throughout the year, and lay a solid foundation for a good start to the “15th Five-Year Plan”. Overall, China's economy has a stable foundation, many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential, and the fundamentals of long-term improvement have not changed. We are confident and capable of continuing to consolidate a good development trend, maintain a stable and reliable national credit, and continue to be recognized by the international market.

Recently, relevant responsible comrades from the Ministry of Finance were interviewed by reporters on issues related to S&P International Credit Ratings maintaining our sovereign credit rating of “A+” and looking forward to “stability.” The reporter asked: On August 28, S&P International Credit Ratings released a report deciding to maintain China's sovereign credit rating of “A+” and look forward to “stability.” What is the Ministry of Finance's opinion on this? A: We welcome S&P's decision to maintain China's sovereign credit rating of “A+” and look forward to “stability.” The results fully affirm China's macroeconomic resilience, steady financial operations, and the effectiveness of risk prevention and control, and reflect the international market's confidence in China's high-quality development prospects. In the first half of 2026, China's economy was generally running smoothly, development resilience continued to be demonstrated, the industrial structure was continuously optimized, domestic demand potential was steadily released, guarantees in key areas were strong, and new momentum was increasingly “taking the lead”. The Chinese economy achieved effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth. Recently, the IMF raised China's economic growth forecast to 4.6% in 2026, once again confirming the international community's positive judgment on China's economic development potential. In the second half of the year, the Chinese government will continue to implement more active and promising macroeconomic policies, more vigorously implement the fiscal and financial coordination package to promote domestic demand, enhance the forward-looking, targeted, and collaborative nature of the policies, and continue to amplify the “combo punch” effect. We will expand domestic demand and deepen supply-side structural reforms in an integrated manner, accelerate the development of new quality productivity, effectively guarantee and improve people's livelihood, strive to achieve economic and social development goals throughout the year, and lay a solid foundation for a good start to the “15th Five-Year Plan”. Overall, China's economy has a stable foundation, many advantages, strong resilience, and great potential, and the fundamentals of long-term improvement have not changed. We are confident and capable of continuing to consolidate a good development trend, maintain a stable and reliable national credit, and continue to be recognized by the international market.