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State Council discusses negative list for local government subsidies

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Beijing is moving swiftly to tighten control over local government subsidies. On March 13, the State Council executive meeting discussed establishing a negative list mechanism for local fiscal subsidies. ICYMI: The Ministry of Finance identified the initiative as a 2026 priority in its budget report...