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Get spending those SPBs

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Policymakers have quietly expanded the investment scope of the RMB 500 billion special-purpose bond (SPB) stimulus funds announced in August.

The move wasn’t publicly announced, but was directly transmitted as instructions to localities, according to unnamed finance officials interviewed by 21st Ce...