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China Budget Balance (YTD)

General public budget revenue minus spending so far this year; below zero is a deficit. Worked out by chinadata.live from the published totals.

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Chart	China Budget Balance (YTD)
On the dashboard	People's Bank of China & Chinese economy › China Economy › Government Finances
Source	Ministry of Finance of China via chinadata.live
Access	Pro on the dashboard, in the MCP connector for AI apps and in the data API
Chart id	`CNBUDGETBAL`

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