West Lake in the Zhejiang provincial capital of Hangzhou on 20 November 2017. Photo: Simon Song

China assigns officials to 100 companies in nation’s cradle of private enterprises in charm offensive to bolster confidence

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Alibaba, Dahua, Geely, Hikvision, Wahaha Group and dozens of the biggest private enterprises in Hangzhou will be assigned a government officer each
The officials, who will not exert any control or be involved in corporate matters, will act as bridges between the local authority and the enterprises, in a move designed to make it easier to do business

Topic | China economy

Xie Yu and Echo Xie in Beijing

Published: 8:30am, 25 Sep, 2019

Updated: 8:30am, 25 Sep, 2019

West Lake in the Zhejiang provincial capital of Hangzhou on 20 November 2017. Photo: Simon Song

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Xie Yu

Xie Yu joined the Post in 2015. She is the chief China finance reporter, covering the economy and development of financial markets.

Echo Xie

Echo is a Beijing-based Chinese politics and policy reporter. Before joining the SCMP, she worked for Jiemian news and the CSMonitor Beijing Bureau. She has a master's in journalism from Shantou University.