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Foreign firms wary of growing role of party in their operations
Published Thu, Oct 19, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
FOREIGN companies in China have welcomed the ruling Communist Party's move to set up cells in their firms, a senior official said on Thursday, although some executives have expressed concern about the party's growing role in their operations.
The presence of party units has long been a fact of doing business in China, where the law requires companies, including foreign firms, to set up a party organisation.
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