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Finance ministry encourages local governments to spend all SPB funds

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Beijing is finding it increasingly difficult to strike a balance between controlling debt and supporting growth.
Some context: Since 2019, the finance ministry (MoF) has assigned a debt risk rating to provincial, city, and county-level governments.

Those with a debt-to-revenue ratio exceeding 300% ...