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Beijing’s public service spending pledge lacks clarity

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Beijing has pledged to boost expenditure on public services – but we’re skeptical of the impact. At the March 22 China Development Forum (CDF), Minister of Finance Lan Fo’an said that over the next five years, the government will:

“Appropriately increase the share of public service spending in tota...