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Thursday June 8, 2017

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Ofo refusal reprimandedTHE city’s traffi c police publicly reprimanded an app-based bike company for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into an accident caused by a bike rider.

A woman, who wasn’t identifi ed, was riding an ofo bike when she knocked down another woman surnamed Jia, 57, who was walking out of a bus stop on Shennan Boule-vard in Futian District on May 27. Jia suffered a rib fracture and bruises all over her body, but the suspect fl ed from the scene, leaving the bike there.

The operator refused to provide information about the user and denied that an ofo bike was involved in the accident.

Police are investigating.75 people fi nedA TOTAL of 75 people were fi ned in three hours Tuesday for trespassing on the tramline areas to take a shortcut across the road instead of using the crosswalk, jaywalking, and driving through lights and illegally turning left, posing a threat to the trams.

The trams, which are under test operation, will be put into use at the end of June.AED installationTHE city will purchase 100 sets of automated external defi brillators (AEDs) this year and put them in public places to rescue people who suddenly suffer from heart arrest, the city’s health commission said in a letter responding to the suggestions of lawmakers.

Statistics showed that 2,058 people died of heart arrest in Shenzhen in 2015 and at this year’s annual ses-sion of the people’s congress, lawmakers suggested install-ing AEDs in public areas to prevent such tragedies from happening.

The health commission said the city had planned to purchase 5,000 AEDs between 2016 and 2020 and train 50,000 care takers.

THE Shenzhen-based Internet giant, Tencent, made its way to No. 8 among the world’s 100 most valuable brands, according to the 2017 BrandZ study released by WPP, the world leader in mar-keting communications.

With a brand value increase of 27 percent to US$108.3 bil-lion, it is the fi rst time a Chinese company has entered the top-10 pantheon.

Google surpassed Apple to dominate the leading position.

The success of Tencent refl ects the buoyant place of Chinese com-panies in the global market.

Compared to 2005, the value of Chinese brands has surged 937 percent, occupying 11 percent of the list’s value, according to the report.

WeChat had 889 million active monthly users in 2016, according to fi gures from Tencent. In addi-tion, Tencent continues investing in tactics for its future evolution into a mobile Internet-based

ecosystem. The report indicated that besides social media apps, Tencent benefi ts from its online gaming business as well as its payment and cloud services.

The other top 10 brands include Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, AT&T, Visa, IBM and McDonald’s.

According to the report, “25 percent of the total value of the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands is made up of the combined brand value of the Top

5, emphasizing their dominant positions in the modern business landscape.”

Other Chinese companies among the top 100 include Alib-aba, China Mobile, ICBC, Baidu, CBC, Ping An, ABC, China Life and Bank of China.

The study is a comprehensive analysis of brand equity, fi nancial performance and interviews with over 3 million consumers about thousands of companies.

(Lei Kaibin, Han Ximin)

Tencent world’s 8th-most valuable brand

THE family members of a 51-year-old street cleaner decided to donate her organs after she was diagnosed with brain death following a traffi c accident May 28, the Daily Sunshine reported yesterday.

Zhang Xianchan was hit by a tourist bus as she was clean-ing the street on Fuli Road in Guangming New Area at around 9:30 a.m. May 28.

She was brought to the Guangming New Area People’s Hospital for emergency treat-ment and was later transferred to the ICU. Her husband, who is also a street cleaner, could barely recognize Zhang when he saw her at the hospital because her face was deformed in the accident.

Zhang’s daughter, Liu Feng, took a fl ight to Shenzhen with

her husband and 4-month-old baby from Dazhou, Sichuan Province, on May 30 to visit her mother. However, the doc-tors told them that Zhang was already brain dead and she couldn’t breathe on her own so her life was being sustained by a breathing machine. Even if she could regain her breathing, she would at best remain in a vegeta-tive state.

Doctors suggested that the family wait for another week to see if Zhang’s condition would improve, but if she didn’t, she would suffer from organ failure in the following week.

“I saw that my mother was being given a blood transfusion night and day, and it reminded me that the blood was also donated by other people,” Liu

said, adding that she and her family were touched by a rela-tive who had signed an agree-ment to donate her organs a few years ago despite her family’s objection.

Liu said her family decided to donate Zhang’s organs and they believed Zhang would agree with the decision as well. “We couldn’t save my mom, but if she could leave something to the world, as her children we would feel that we are still connected with her,” she said.

Liu’s brother contacted Zhi Ruineng, a coordinator with the Red Cross Society of China, on Saturday to prepare for the donation, and the family signed the donation agreement later that day. According to Zhi, Zhang could at least donate her liver,

kidneys, pancreas and corneas, which would save four people’s lives and help another two people restore their eyesight.

After Zhang passed away at around 5 a.m. Tuesday, the organ removal operation was performed.

Liu said her mother was a warm-hearted person. Once there was a truck loaded with cement boards tipping over on the roadside near their home in the village, and her mother used a hoe to rescue a few people who were hit and trapped by the pile of cement boards.

Zhi said that the family’s decision was honorable because donating the organs wouldn’t only save other people’s lives, but also extend Zhang’s life in a way. (Zhang Yang)

Family donates organs of street cleaner killed in accident

A GENERAL manager of a Yantian-based company called the police after seeing his offi ce being raided by law enforcement offi cers in spot checks for smok-ing-ban violations Tuesday, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.

When law enforcement offi -cers inspected a decoration company in Yihai Center, an ashtray loaded with cigarette butts was found in the general manager’s offi ce.

The manager was outraged when the offi cers tried to explain the smoking ban to him. He argued with them before calling the police because he said the law enforcement team entered his offi ce without his permis-sion.

Tension was alleviated after police offi cers arrived. The com-pany was ordered to rectify the irregularities and remove the ashtrays within seven days.

According to the law enforce-ment offi cers, residents are not allowed to smoke indoors in workplaces and public places citywide, while business owners should not put ashtrays in their companies because it encour-ages smoking in offi ces. The law enforcers also found that many offi ce buildings hadn’t set up smoking areas outdoors in accordance with the smok-ing ban.

Shenzhen’s smoking ban, said to be the harshest of its kind in China, stipulates fi nes between 50 and 500 yuan (US$7-74) for individual violators and up to 30,000 yuan for operators of nonsmoking venues that fail to comply with the ban, which was extended to all indoor areas Jan. 1 this year.

Two monthlong operations were launched in March and May to conduct spot checks at leisure venues and restaurants citywide. The third operation, which kicked off Monday, will run throughout the month, checking for smoking-ban viola-tions in offi ce buildings, medical institutions, schools and border checkpoints across the city. (Zhang Yang)

Manager calls police after office raided for smoking

LONGGANG police recently arrested a suspect in Yulin, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, who was suspected of cheating 90,000 yuan (US$13,235) out of victims, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.

Police in Longgang received a report from a college student, surnamed Wei, in February, saying that he was cheated out of

1,000 yuan when he applied for online loans through WeChat.

An investigation showed that the suspect, surnamed Liang, who was unemployed, cheated people by posting advertise-ments on several online plat-forms, including Internet forums and chat rooms, claiming that he could offer loans.

To appear more trustworthy, Liang claimed he could get

loans through his connections at a bank. He even posted some loan approval documents online to win the trust of his victims.

After he paid a 1,000-yuan deposit, Wei found that he was blocked by Liang on WeChat and realized he had been cheated. Liang allegedly cheated around 100 victims using this tactic.

The case is under investiga-tion. (Lei Kaibin, Han Ximin)

Man arrested over online loan fraud

A girl walks in an installation of cattail leaf fans in OCT-LOFT, Nanshan. Ten artists from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan are presenting their works at the exhibition, which will run through Aug. 31. (More on Page 15) Sun Yuchen

Art exhibition in OCT