The Chinese town ‘pioneering’ virtual reality to stiffen Communist Party loyalty
Qingyang, home to just 35,000 people, has spent US$110,000 building a VR centre to test cadres on their party knowledge
A township in eastern China claims to be the first in the country to use virtual reality (VR) technology to reinforce cadres’ allegiance to the Communist Party.
The township of Qingyang in Zouping county, Shandong province, spent 700,000 yuan (US$110,000) setting up a VR room at the party’s education service centre, Binzhou Daily reported.
Township party secretary Duan Shuguo said cadres first watched a documentary about communist heroes before putting on headsets to answer a series of questions on a wide range of content, from party theory and conduct to discipline.
Duan said the room was completed in April and the local government worked with a studio to produce the virtual reality scenarios.
