China's growing level of local government and corporate debt has become a major issue for the nation's financial system, and requires the authorities to work on solutions to reduce the risk of a hard landing, according to experts.

The banking system can only handle possible external impacts if debt restructuring is immediately pushed forward, said Liu Yuhui, an economist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

China lacks institutions and the mechanism to deal with the impact of investment decisions, which has led to the current financial risks, Liu wrote in the China Securities Journal on Monday.