China explores services subsidy to boost weak domestic demand

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China is considering including services in a multibillion-dollar subsidy programme to stimulate consumption, according to officials and academics, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to boost chronically weak domestic demand. 

The programme, which would seek to spur purchases of services in sectors such as travel, tourism and sports, could be launched in the…