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In Depth: Clearing Arrears to Businesses Tests Chinese Localities’ Resolve

By Yu Hairong, Ding Feng, Cheng Siwei and Qing Na
2025年10月15日 14:31
How keen local governments will be to take on new interest-bearing debts to clear interest-free ones has become a cause for concern
According to one estimate, arrears owed by governments are likely to have reached around $632 billion this year, or more than 3% of China’s GDP. Photo: AI generated

Beijing is amping up support to assist in clearing local public-sector arrears owed to businesses, but how keen localities will be to take on new interest-bearing debts to settle interest-free ones has become a cause for concern.

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