Economics
China’s 2022 Budget: A Breakdown of the Key Numbers
A screen displays a live news broadcast of the National People's Congress in Beijing on March 5.
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China’s government plans to increase spending in 2022 to shore up a slowing economy but also cut the budget deficit, with the government drawing on savings from previous years to pay for the rise in expenditure.