China plans to tighten scrutiny of govt debt

BEIJING: China aims to step up supervision of local government debt and plans to revise the law to do so, a spokesperson of the legislative affairs committee of the National People’s Congress said on Friday.

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The changes proposed by the country’s top legislative body will require annual progress reports on debt management work from the cabinet and local governments, the spokesperson, Huang Haihua, told reporters.