In the first half of the year, the new special bond was issued 3.41 trillion yuan

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 14 (Reporter Shen Yan and Wang Yueyang) Song Qichao, the first -level inspector of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance and the director of the government debt research and evaluation center, said on the 14th that local government bonds were important starting points for implementing active fiscal policies. As of the end of June this year, the new special bonds have been issued in various places to 3.41 trillion yuan. The amount of new special bonds used for project construction this year is basically issued.

He said that special bonds play an important role in driving effective investment and stable macroeconomic markets. In order to cope with the downward pressure and epidemic conditions, the amount of new special bonds from 2020 to 2022 was 3.75 trillion yuan, 3.65 trillion yuan, and 3.65 trillion yuan, which continued to maintain a high scale. Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Finance has conscientiously implemented the decision -making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and adopted more active policies and measures to promote the rhythm of special bond issuance in various places.

Song Qichao said that in the first half of the year, the issued new special bonds supported more than 23,800 projects, of which about 10,800 projects under construction and about 13,000 new projects were built. Project capital can effectively play the role of government investment in "four or two pounds".

He said that in the second half of the year, the Ministry of Finance will continue to do a good job of local work guidance and urge all places to do a good job of issuance of special bond issuance; urge localities to allocate special bond funds in a timely manner, compact the responsibilities of the project unit, promote the physical workload of special bonds as soon as possible as soon as possible Essence

[Editor in charge: Xue Tao]

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