近日,审计署公布了中国政府的负债情况,截至2013年6月底,全国各级政府负有偿还责任的债务206988.65亿元,其中地方政府负有偿还责任的债务108859.17亿元。地方债总规模比起此前人们的猜测,少了许多,看来地方债务危机还不是人们想象中的那么严重。中国地方债的根本问题不在于规模,而在于借债的方式。说到地方政府的债务,也可以回头看看晚清民国的地方债,了解一下地方债 Recently, the Audit Commission announced the indebtedness of the Chinese government. As of the end of June 2013, the government of all levels across the country shouldered 20,668.865 billion yuan in debt, of which the debt owed by local governments to repay the liabilities was 10,859,771 million yuan. The total size of local debt than previously speculated, much less, it seems the local debt crisis is not as serious as people think. The fundamental problem with China’s local debt is not the size, but the way it borrows. When it comes to the debts of local governments, you can also look back at the local debt of the Republic of China in the late Qing Dynasty