中國考慮提高個人所得稅起徵點

China's State Council Wednesday announced plans to ease the tax burden on lower and middle-income workers by raising the minimum threshold.

The plan would also result in other changes to the country's nine income tax brackets.

The changes will need to be approved by the legislature's Standing Committee, but China's official news agency says the goal is to encourage more people to start their own businesses.

Xinhua says China last raised the minimum threshold for income taxes in March 2008, but that some economists said at the time that the increase was not enough.

Also Wednesday, China's central bank published plans calling for the increased use of Chinese currency in cross-border trade.

The bank said it will expand the use of the yuan by importers and exporters.

China has been trying to encourage use of the yuan to make it a more prominent currency in global finances.

中國國務院星期三宣佈了通過提高個人所得稅起徵點來減輕中低收入者的稅務負擔的計劃。

這個計劃還會對中國9個所得稅的稅率帶來其他的改變。

這些變動需要得到全國人大常委會的批准，但是中國官方的新華社說，這樣做的目的是要鼓勵更多的人自己創業。

新華社說，中國上一次提高個人所得稅起徵點是在2008年3月，但是一些經濟學家當時表示，個稅起徵點上調的力度不夠。

中國央行星期三也公佈了要求在跨境貿易中增加使用人民幣的計劃。

中國人民銀行說，它將擴大進出口商對人民幣的使用。

中國一直試圖鼓勵人民幣的使用，使之成爲國際金融中一個更加重要的貨幣。