China government arrears
Since 2021, Chinese government agencies must publish each March how many contracts with small firms they left unpaid past the deadline, and the amount. We collect these reports, merge copies posted on more than one site, and record who reports, what they report and who stays silent.
- Coverage
- Guangdong province, every government site in the provincial search; other provinces next
- Period
- Data years 2021 to 2025
- Reports
- 486 distinct reports from at least 111 agencies
- Legal basis
- Regulations on Ensuring Payments to Small and Medium Enterprises, State Council Orders 728 (2020) and 802 (2025)
- Delivery
- CSV files, refreshed after each 31 March deadline
Reports by data year
Shenzhen Rest of Guangdong. Copies of one report on several sites are counted once.
467
of 486 reports say the agency owes nothing
478
come from one city, Shenzhen
111
agencies identified by their unified social credit code
0
found from Guangzhou, the provincial capital
Sample reports
| Data year | Published | Agency | Reported | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2026-03-13 | Shenzhen Audit Bureau 深圳市审计局 | Zero | Notice |
| 2024 | 2025-03-31 | Shenzhen Education Bureau 深圳市教育局 | Zero | Notice |
| 2025 | 2026-03-30 | Guangdong Department of Industry and IT 广东省工业和信息化厅 | Zero | Notice |
| 2025 | 2026-02-02 | Yangjiang Bureau of Industry and IT 阳江市工业和信息化局 | Zero | Notice |
| 2025 | 2026-03-25 | Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau 深圳市人力资源和社会保障局 | Zero | Notice |
| 2025 | 2026-03-16 | Shenzhen Urban Management and Law Enforcement Bureau 深圳市城市管理和综合执法局 | Zero | Notice |
Fields
- agency, agency_code
- Publisher and its unified social credit code
- data_year, published_on
- Year covered and publication date
- reported
- Zero, an amount, or see attachment
- contracts, amount
- As stated, where given
- copies, urls
- Every site that carried the report
Used for
- Local government credit: who pays suppliers and who reports
- Small-firm cash flow and supplier risk by region
- Policy research on disclosure laws and compliance
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