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(Reuters) -Extra Chinese language companies and state-backed firms throughout the nation have requested their workers to not carry Apple (NASDAQ:) iPhones and different international gadgets to work, Bloomberg Information reported on Friday, citing folks acquainted with the matter.
For over a decade, China has been in search of to scale back reliance on international applied sciences, asking state-affiliated companies reminiscent of banks to modify to native software program and selling home semiconductor chip manufacturing.
A number of state companies and authorities departments throughout no less than eight provinces have instructed staff up to now month or two to begin carrying native manufacturers, the Bloomberg Information report mentioned.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for a remark.
In December, smaller companies and companies in lower-tier cities from provinces together with Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning and central Hebei, which homes the world’s largest iPhone manufacturing unit, issued their very own verbal directives, the Bloomberg Information report mentioned.
Reuters reported in September that workers in no less than three ministries and authorities our bodies had been informed to not use iPhones at work.
Apple’s shares had been marginally down at $196.50 in prolonged buying and selling.
