Chinese regulators ask large state-owned financial firms to drop PwC as auditor

Chinese regulators ask large state-owned financial firms to drop PwC as auditor

FILE PHOTO: The logo of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is seen on the top of a Brussels' office of the company, in Diegem, Belgium September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Chinese regulators have in recent months asked several large state-owned clients of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to drop the auditor as it braces for penalties over its work for troubled property developer Evergrande, said two sources.

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