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Debt of Local Governments of China: Assessment Issues and Analysis

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The article discusses the problems and methods of overcoming the financial debt of local authorities in China. Difficulties of their solution are noted, due mainly to the inconsistency of short-term bank loans with the long-term needs of the implementation of local infrastructure projects. The measures taken by the country’s leadership to alleviate the burden on regional budgets were analyzed: providing the opportunity to convert part of short-term debts into long-term debts by issuing special bonds of local governments and reallocation of part of the special expenses of the local budget to the central budget.

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  1. Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    M. Yu. Kozhevnikov

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Kozhevnikov, M.Y. Debt of Local Governments of China: Assessment Issues and Analysis. Stud. Russ. Econ. Dev. 30, 714–716 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075700719060066

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