The foundation of economic recovery is not solid," said an adviser to the cabinet who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The debate about economic policy in China has heated up in recent months with some government advisers advocating reforms to help unleash new growth engines beyond property and infrastructure investment.
For those looking for structural reforms, the focus is on policies that spur urbanisation and household spending power, reduce the reliance on investment and level the playing field between state-owned enterprises and private firms.
"Fiscal policy should still play the leading role next year," said Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the economic policy commission at the state-backed China Association of Policy Science.
"We should push reforms as many problems are structural, but reforms are difficult to implement and require political will," said one policy insider.
Persons:
Xu Hongcai, Xu, Guan Tao, Kevin Yao, Sam Holmes
Organizations:
Reuters, China Association of Policy, BOC International, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Communist, Thomson
Locations:
China, BEIJING, Beijing