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Issuance of local government special purpose bonds (SPBs) looks set to hit a record in Q1.
On Monday, Yicai reported that the finance ministry has given early approval for RMB 2.19 trillion of SPBs, based on the 2023 budget reports of 31 provincial-level governments.

That's a whopping 50% higher th...