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Fiscal revenue rises in Jan-Feb

China's general public budget revenue reached 4.62 trillion yuan ($727 billion) in the first two months, up 10.5 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday. The ministry said factors like the economic recovery and the high factory-gate price inflation helped drive up the growth of the country's fiscal revenue. Late last year, the ministry funneled 1.46 trillion yuan from the 2022 quota of special bonds to local governments in advance. As at the end of February, 877.5 billion yuan of local government special bonds had been issued, accounting for over 60 percent of the advance quota.

Jingdezhen to build ceramic expo center

Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, China's "Millennium Porcelain Capital", a city famous for porcelains, will become home to the nation's largest ceramic expo and exchange center. The Jingdezhen International Ceramic Culture Expo& Tourism Exchange Center, covering 75,954 square meters, is being built by China Railway No 4 Engineering Group Co Ltd. With a total floor space of some 90,000 sq m, it will be divided into four functional halls upon completion later this year, well in time to host the Jingdezhen International Ceramics Expo 2022.