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Local governments lure investment with free office space

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Municipal governments are opening a new front in the competition for investment.
In recent days, domestic media have reported that several of China’s most developed cities are offering rent-free office space to lure in high-tech firms (Caixin, 21st Century Biz):

Since March, state-owned industrial ...