Official Chinese source:
One trillion yuan (US$138.1 billion) of special government treasury bonds issued in 2023 for use in post-disaster reconstruction and disaster prevention in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other areas in northern China have been spent.
It was distributed to local governments before February of this year.
A total of 11,000 of the 15,000 programs have been started, with a start rate of more than 70% so far.
The spokesman said that for post-disaster reconstruction programs in the region, the start rate has reached about 80%.