The Chinese finance ministry has pushed back against the earlier news that Fitch revised the outlook for China to negative.

  • The ministry says Fitch's systems does not effectively reflect the positive effect of China's fiscal policy.
  • Further added that China's capability and resolve to maintain a good sovereign credit outlook does not change.

Earlier post from Eamonn below with more details about the downgrade:

Fitch affirms China A+ rating but lowers its outlook to negative