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On the eve of the APEC leaders’ meeting, Shenzhen simultaneously strengthened night-time fire inspections across the city and encouraged companies to work flexibly and take vacations. Many companies responded, and some companies already arranged for their employees’ family members to travel to Sichuan.
2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC ) The leadership conference will be held in Shenzhen, China from 18 to 19 November. Shenzhen Fire Department announced that from October 25 to November 20, it will launch a “citywide fire safety night inspection campaign” every night, covering urban villages, hotels, restaurants, singing and dancing entertainment and other places. In addition, local authorities also encourage companies to arrange employees to work flexibly. A company decided to arrange a trip to Sichuan for 10 days for employees and their families, all expenses covered by the company.
According to the “Southern Metropolis Daily” report on the 25th, Shenzhen Fire Protection issued the “Notice on Conducting City-Wide Fire Safety Night Inspections During Important Meetings”, stating that in order to effectively strengthen fire prevention and control during important meetings in our city, prevent and solve fire risks at night, and ensure the stability of the fire safety situation in our city society, we have conducted city-wide fire safety night inspections based on the actual situation of our city. Decided to organize and conduct night inspection.
The notice pointed out that the key areas for night inspection include urban villages, commercial self-built houses, street stores, “three-in-one”, old communities and other places; Factories, enterprises and warehouses that produce and operate at night; Hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and markets, night business venues such as singing and dancing entertainment, entertainment screening, fitness and leisure, as well as high-rise buildings, labor-intensive enterprises, hospitals, nursing institutions, boarding schools, etc.
The main contents of the night inspection include the accessibility of evacuation routes and safety exits, the condition of fire truck access and climbing operations, illegal occupation of “three-in-one” sites and commercial self-built houses, parking and charging of electric bicycles, operation of fire protection features and equipment, and use of fire, electricity and gas.
The notice requires all units and sites to strictly implement the core responsibilities for fire safety and carry out fire safety self-examination and self-improvement based on the key points of night inspection. Hidden threats that can be fixed immediately should be fixed immediately. If repairs cannot be made temporarily, safety precautions must be implemented and the fix must be made within a time frame.
In addition to strengthening fire safety inspections, Shenzhen also encouraged companies to adopt flexible work arrangements such as working from home, staggered travel times and paid holidays during the recent APEC meeting. Many technology, Internet and services companies have responded.
According to a report by the Southern Metropolis Daily on the 24th, in response to the “Green Travel, Smooth Travel with Me” initiative during the APEC meeting, Shenzhen Weidong Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. extended annual employee travel benefits, coordinated the arrangement of paid annual leave, and arranged for nearly 40 employees and their families to go on a 10-day trip to Sichuan from November 13 to 22. Decided to do. All travel expenses are borne by the company. And there are no KPIs.
Peng Qianqian, administrative manager of the company, said that the company organizes an employee trip at the end of every year. “This time it coincides with the APEC meeting, so we have moved up the itinerary.” The company also encourages employees to bring their family members with them, but it’s all voluntary.
In addition, Shenzhen Zhongbao Asia Pacific Security Services Co., Ltd. also responded to the initiative and arranged for some employees to work from home, took annual paid leave, and implemented staggered travel time. Taking Luohu area as an example, out of 27 managers, 18 work from home, 4 take paid annual leave and the rest work on site.
It is worth mentioning that Shenzhen suddenly tightened subway security in July this year and implemented “every bag must be checked and everyone must be checked”, resulting in queues of people at many stations during peak hours. Some passengers waited for about half an hour before entering the station, leading to complaints.
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From October 25 to November 20, the Shenzhen Fire Department conducted citywide fire safety night inspection campaigns every night. Its purpose is to strengthen fire prevention and control during important meetings, reduce fire risk at night, and maintain social security and stability.
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Night inspection covers urban villages, commercial self-built houses, old communities, factories and warehouses, hotels and restaurants, shopping malls, markets, singing and dancing entertainment and fitness and leisure venues, and examines evacuation routes, fire escape, illegal occupation, charging, fire and power consumption and other issues.
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Many companies have adopted arrangements such as working from home, staggered travel times and annual paid leave. Weidong Automation has upgraded employee travel benefits and brought nearly 40 employees and their families to Sichuan for 10 days. All expenses were borne by the company and there were no KPIs.
