Abstract
This case study describes the conditions under which some local Chinese officials may use annual statistics work as overstate their achievements in order to earn praise and promotions.
a county-level city in Hubei province of China, reported that the average income of its villagers steadily since 1996. For this the county officials were praised and rewarded time and again. But behind this achievement the plot of stretching the veracity of the numbers.
This paper examines weaknesses in the system that have permitted the official to falsely report the statistics: AgricuItural data is not derived from an independent agency: the measure of economic growth in the countryside is too closely measure of the achievement of the government officials; and the present political system is ore of excessive cen- keeping the professional future of the local officials under (he control of the more senior leaders, as opposed to the common people who have elected them. These there factors have worked together to create a numbers game in Dan City.
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