By Samuel Shen, Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/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.

Chinas much-anticipated financial stimulus announcement on Saturday aimed to revive its slowing economy, but investors were left wanting more concrete details. While Finance Minister Lan Foan reiterated Beijings

Investors and analysts expect China to deploy as much as 2 trillion yuan in fresh fiscal stimulus in order to shore up growth and boost confidence, a flash survey by Bloomberg shows.

China's highly anticipated briefing on economic stimulus left global investors with more questions than answers, as Finance Minister Lan Fo'an hinted at increasing the national deficit but stopped short of providing concrete details on the scale of the proposed measures.

China’s finance minister on Saturday said the country will “significantly increase” debt issuance to counter slow economic growth, stabilize the property market, top up the capital of state banks, and offer help to poorer people.

China said on Saturday it will "significantly increase" government debt issuance to offer subsidies to people with low incomes, support the property market and replenish state banks' capital as it pushes to revive sputtering economic growth.

Investors are on tenterhooks as Beijing prepares to deliver fresh policies to boost its economy. China's top state planner underwhelmed investors by announcing smaller-than-expected actions earlier this week,

China's top state planner underwhelmed investors by announcing smaller-than-expected actions earlier this week, sending a lengthy stimulus rally in the Chinese markets into days of intense volatility.