Guangdong Lawmakers Cast Doubt on Official Figures for Growth

(Guangzhou) – Lawmakers in Guangdong Province have openly challenged the local government on the credibility of its economic statistics and questioned the provincial capital's heavy reliance on fees from land sales used to ease debt worries.

In a meeting of the standing committee of the provincial people's congress on July 31, representatives from the congress' finance office released a survey on economic conditions in Guangdong in the first half of 2013 that included facts contradicting official data.