🇨🇳 China pumps another $119 billion into the economy

Beijing has begun accepting applications for projects under a new financing mechanism worth 800 billion yuan — around $119 billion. The money is intended to serve as seed capital for infrastructure and strategic projects, and then to prompt banks and private financing to follow.

The reason is pretty obvious: investment in China’s fixed assets declined by 6.7% in the first seven months, and GDP growth in the second quarter slowed to 4.3%. The new instrument could theoretically ⁠support projects with a total value of several trillion yuan.

While Europe looks for ways to cut household spending and at the same time fund new military spending, Beijing is again choosing the old Chinese recipe: when the economy falters, it builds and invests.

$119 billion is not a lifeline. It is just another reminder that China can put state money into real projects very quickly.


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