Officials no longer have to attract investments

THE OFFICIALS OF AN UNNAMED CITY are reported to have falsified data when writing reports about how much investment they have attracted for local development. Southern Metropolis Daily proposes ending the practice of judging an official's performance by how much investment he or she brings to the local economy:

Falsified investment data do not help promote local development, yet one after another officials have been reported to have done just that. Why?

The reason is clear: Better data, even if full of bubbles, can polish their job performance and promise them better chances of promotion.