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July 17, 2017 Category One-line news, Weekly
- Nearly half of local people surveyed by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Sociology are backing the Shanghai government’s plan to limit the city’s population to under 25 million by 2020. “The number of supporters is beyond our expectations, especially among those interviewed who come from out of town,” said Dr Zhang Huxiang. The Institute collected a total of 2,079 questionnaires for the survey. Those opposed to the policy mainly worry about labor shortages in the service industries.
- Chinese authorities have detained 35 Japanese nationals in Fujian province for involvement in telephone scams targeting elderly residents of Chiba prefecture east of Tokyo. The impostors usually pose as a child or grandchild desperately in need of cash, asking an elderly person to make a bank transfer to a friend or colleague. They make calls from China to evade crackdowns by Japanese authorities.
- Apple is to build a data center in Guizhou province to comply with rigid cybersecurity laws. It has partnered with Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Co (GCBD), a government-backed data center developer and operator, to build the facility as part of the company’s USD1 billion investment program in Guizhou province.
- Chen Min’er was appointed Party Secretary of Chongqing, replacing Sun Zhengcai, who is reported to be under investigation for “discipline violations”. Chen was formerly Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, and Governor and Party Secretary of Guizhou province, and has close ties with President Xi jinping. Sun Zhigang has been named Party Secretary of Guizhou.
- International technology firms are increasingly interested in setting up back offices in Dalian, drawn by its human resources, low operating costs and local government incentives, according to accounting firm Deloitte. Many international firms such as Pfizer, HP, Genpact and Accenture have set up business process outsourcing units in Dalian in recent years.
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