Up to 19.8 percent of bankers surveyed expect the country's monetary policy will "loosen" in the next quarter, 13.9 percentage points higher than the previous quarter. About 69.9 percent of bankers expect the monetary policy to remain "appropriate."
China will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy in 2013, according to a statement issued Sunday after the closure of a two-day central economic work conference.
The country's economy grew by 7.4 percent year on year in the third quarter, slowing for the seventh straight quarter.