Coins and banknotes of China's yuan are seen in this illustration picture taken February 24, 2022.
BEIJING'S DILEMMALocal government debt reached 92 trillion yuan ($12.8 trillion), or 76% of economic output in 2022, up from 62.2% in 2019.
To avoid that risk, the adviser suggested all stakeholders bear some of the burden: financial institutions, local governments, Beijing and society at large.
From 2015 to 2018, local governments issued some 12 trillion yuan of bonds to swap for off-balance sheet debt.
For the local debt problem to stop re-occuring policymakers need to implement profound changes to how the economy works.
Persons:
Florence Lo, China's, Guo Tianyong, Logan Wright, ”, Tao Wang, Guo, Rhodium's Wright, Marius Zaharia
Organizations:
REUTERS, Beijing, Communist Party, Central University of Finance, Economics, Monetary Fund, Reuters, Local, UBS, BBVA, Thomson
Locations:
Beijing, BEIJING, “, China, Lincoln