In one district, census figures were altered to make them match local records after it was found that output from large industrial enterprises was 90% higher than these records had shown.

ECONOMIST: China's economy continues to grow at breakneck speed

The country's economy at this moment is built around free-flowing credit to state enterprises and local governments, and that credit comes from these intermediaries.

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But myriad funds are squirrelled away from the official budget: in ministries and state enterprises, and with provincial and local governments.

ECONOMIST: China pedals harder

Meanwhile, though, under guidance from central and local political barons, the big banks continue to lend to weak state enterprises perhaps not as much as they used to, but still far too much.

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Through placement in arts and crafts institutions, enterprises and associations in other countries, students benefit from the know-how of local craftspeople, acquire new skills to complement their initial training, while also sharing their own experience with others.

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