China Orders Six Provinces to Get Data Fabrication Under Control

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Sept. 24, Beijing, headquarters of the National Bureau of Statistics. Photo: VCG

China’s top statistics authority told six provinces they must take steps to curb data fabrication, after it completed a round of special inspections.

The inspections, which took place from late July to early August, found problems including cooking the books, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a Thursday announcement.

The six provinces targeted are Shaanxi, Hebei, Hunan, Heilongjiang, Guizhou and Henan.

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