beijing jan 26 reuters  china will allow local government financing vehicles lgfvs in the southwestern province of guizhou to delay debt payments and undergo debt restructuring the cabinet said on wednesday part of a broader plan to spur growth in one of chinas poorest regions chinas local governments are struggling financially as tax and fee cuts by the central government and a downturn in the property market weigh on fiscal revenues governments in lessdeveloped regions like guizhou have been particularly hardhit analysts at sp said in november that they expect fiscal balances for chinas local and regional governments to widen this year owing to increasing economic headwinds and more countercyclical fiscal support for qualified outstanding hidden debt oligations china will allow local financing platforms to negotiate with financial institutions to appropriately extend repayment and undergo debt restructuring to maintain cashflow the state council said in a document on its website in addition the central government will increase the quota for local government debt issuance allocated to guizhou local government hidden debts mainly lgfv debts including loans and bonds reached 450 trillion yuan 712 trillion at the end of 2020  equivalent to 44 of gdp and more than four times its end2010 level nomura estimated last year china will also support stateowned companies in guizhou to conduct strategic restructuring as well as pushing for reforms in local energy and mining sectors the state council said the new document on wednesday also outlined favourable policies to help guizhou transition into a digital economy and develop its tourism industry reporting by stella qiu samuel shen and andrew galbraith editing by jason neely and louise heavens