The softer data comes as China’s volatile markets await more detailed information on Beijing’s stimulus plans, after a Ministry of Finance press conference on Saturday that pledged more spending but gave few new figures.

Without measures to excite a volatile market, a high-profile conference from China's Ministry of Finance leaves investors disappointed China's Ministry of Finance did not deliver a broad-based fiscal stimulus package at a Saturday press conference,

By Samuel Shen, Ankur Banerjee and Tom WestbrookSHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's highly anticipated announcement of financial stimulus plans on Saturday was big on intent but low on the measurable details that investors need to ratify their recent return to the world's second-biggest stock market.