Credit: REUTERS/FLORENCE LOBEIJING, July 15 (Reuters) - China's cabinet said on Wednesday it will speed up issuance and use of special local government bonds to expand effective investment, state television reported.
Local government special bonds issuance totalled 2.24 trillion yuan ($320.76 billion) by mid-July, of which 1.9 trillion yuan has been spent, the state cabinet said in a meeting chaired by premier Li Keqiang.
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