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China officials falsify performance data, misuse bonds

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Chinese officials are reportedly falsifying performance data to inflate their records, with recent cases involving manipulated revenue figures and misuse of government bonds. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and a working group have highlighted examples from provinces like Gansu and Zhejiang, and the Guangxi region. In one instance, Nanning falsely inflated its revenue by over 2.8 billion yuan through complex land allocation schemes, while officials in Gansu misclassified a landscape project to fraudulently obtain special treasury bonds. AI

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China officials falsify performance data, misuse bonds

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alcott Wei ·

    Just how far are China’s local officials going in falsifying performance data?

    Beijing has publicised three cases of local governments falsifying achievements to boost their records, which involved manipulating revenue data, misusing special-purpose government bonds and concealing off-balance-sheet debt. Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday t…

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