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MIIT ties high-tech enterprise certification to Xi’s anti-vanity-project campaign

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China's leaders don't want local officials wasting sci-tech funds. What happened: On June 30, the head of the ministry of industry (MIIT) Li Lecheng chaired a meeting of the leading small group overseeing High-Tech Enterprise (HTE) certification. Some context: Companies that receive HTE certificatio...



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