China Plans Steps to Cut Local Influence on Economic Data
- NBS staff to leave offices shared with regional counterparts
- Rustbelt province admitted data fraud misled policy making
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China’s central government plans steps that will reduce the influence local governments have on economic statistics, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The National Bureau of Statistics will move its teams out of joint offices they share with regional counterparts around the country and shift into separate facilities, said the person, who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly. The plans also call for NBS staff to establish their own Communist Party committees and have independent channels for reporting data from the provinces back to Beijing, the person said.