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On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other key leaders announced that they would take a more "relaxed" stance on monetary policy while discussing strategies to stimulate the economy in the coming year.
The world's second-largest economy is facing challenges including slow domestic consumption, an ongoing crisis in the property sector, and rising government debt, all of which put Beijing's official growth target for this year at risk.
Leaders are also eyeing the second term of Donald Trump in the White House, with the president-elect indicating he will reignite his hardball trade policies, fuelling fears of another standoff between the superpowers.
On Monday, the Politburo, the country's top decision-making body, "held a meeting to analyse and study the economic work of 2025", state news agency Xinhua said.
"We must vigorously boost consumption, improve investment efficiency, and comprehensively expand domestic demand," Xinhua quoted officials as having said. "Next year we should... implement a more active fiscal policy and an appropriately relaxed monetary policy," they added.
Beijing has unveiled a string of measures since September aimed at bolstering growth, including cutting interest rates, cancelling restrictions on home buying and easing the debt burden on local governments. And in October, the central bank said it had cut two key interest rates to historic lows.
But economists have warned that more direct fiscal stimulus aimed at shoring up domestic consumption is needed to restore full health in China's economy as fears of a renewed trade war with the United States mount.
Beijing's leadership also said it would intensify an anti-corruption drive, calling for a "high-pressure posture in punishing" graft.
Xi has overseen a wide-ranging campaign against official corruption since coming to power just over a decade ago, with critics saying it also serves as a way to purge political rivals.
Recent efforts have focused on the military, with top official Miao Hua last month joining a host of high-ranking figures to be removed from their positions in just over a year.
Officials on Monday pledged to "strengthen the mechanism for investigating and addressing unhealthy practices and corruption".
