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EIGHT people, including execu-tives of Wuzhoulong Motors Co. Ltd. and a police offi cer, face prosecution for allegedly defrauding the government 100 million yuan (US$15.13 million) in subsidies for new-energy vehicles by fabricating transac-tions, according to a release by Shenzhen People’s Procuratorate on Sunday.

The company signed two transaction deals in November and December 2015 for the sale of 154 new-energy vehicles to two logistics companies.

According to related rules, a seller could apply for subsidies from the central and local gov-ernments for new-energy vehicles that have been delivered for oper-ation by submitting sale contracts and license plate registration

materials before the end of 2015.However, the company

couldn’t deliver the vehicles on time because of its low produc-tion capacity. In early December 2015, the company’s executives, surnamed Liu, Li and Jia, decided to get the vehicle registration cer-tifi cates and license plates from the vehicle registration offi ce through a middleman surnamed Wan, who was recommended by Jia.

In three days, Wan falsifi ed hundreds of copies of vehicle inspection reports and commis-sioned a second-hand car dealer, identifi ed as Zhang, to apply for vehicle licenses. The company applied for 100 million yuan in subsidies using the falsi-fi ed documents that had been approved by the police offi cer, also surnamed Zhang.

Wuzhoulong paid 416,200 yuan to Wan on Dec. 29, 2015 and Wan gave 200,000 yuan to Jia.

The subsidy payments were suspended after an audit in early 2016, when the Minis-try of Finance suspected that Wuzhoulong had been involved in fraud. In March 2016, police revoked the licenses of the 154 vehicles for falsifi ed documents and arrested six suspects.

Further investigation showed Wan and Zhang promised 365,000 yuan to offi cer Zhang, who worked at the vehicle reg-istration offi ce, on the condition that offi cer Zhang would help issue the licenses.

Even knowing that the vehicles didn’t exist, offi cer Zhang started onsite vehicle inspections by visiting Wuzhoulong’s parking

lot in Pingshan and its produc-tion base in Chongqing on three occasions.

Offi cer Zhang signed inspection reports for the 154 vehicles, even though there weren’t that many vehicles ready for inspection. With the reports, the company was able to acquire license plates and reg-istration certifi cates, with which it applied for the subsidies.

Offi cer Zhang was arrested in May for abusing power. The inves-tigation showed he had also taken gifts and bribes totaling 240,000 yuan and attended banquets organized by the second-hand car dealer. In addition, he charged 10-20 yuan per month for each of the 154 vehicles. Offi cer Zhang also allegedly took bribes from other companies to issue license plates. (Han Ximin)

Recruitment fairTHE city’s 46 public and private hospitals are recruit-ing 1,691 doctors to meet the development of the city’s public health industry at a weekend job fair on the Xili campus of Shenzhen Uni-versity, which is said to be the largest ever in the history of Shenzhen. By the end of 2020, the city will offer an additional 25,000 hospital beds by building new hospi-tals and expanding old ones.Subsidized housing THE city kicked off the con-struction of 17,000 govern-ment-subsidized apartments on 14 land parcels in 10 districts and new areas at a ceremony Sunday. By 2020, the city will have completed 300,000 government-subsidized apart-ments for professionals.Bus laneA BUS lane will be designated on the 31.5-km Yanba Express-way, which will be turned into an urban road after the toll-gates are dismantled.

According to the renovation plan, the city’s transport com-mission will add interchange fl yovers linking the road with Huancheng West Road and the Outer Ring Expressway. Entrances and exits will be added at Dameisha, Xiao-meisha, Xichong and Tuyang to enhance the accessibility of the areas along the road.

The expressway became toll free in February last year.High-tech enterprisesSHENZHEN ranked No. 2 among Chinese cities, follow-ing Beijing, for the number of national level accredited high-tech enterprises in the city, according to the Second Sino-Europe Big Data Finance Forum held at Shenzhen University on Sat-urday. By the end of 2016, the city had a total of 10,988 high-tech enterprises, accounting for 49 percent of the total in Guangdong Province.

A GOOD Samaritan security guard at a Longgang estate was accused of violence after he took care of a man who had fallen off an e-bike, injuring himself, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday.

Pei Yongchun, the security guard in Longzhu Garden in Longgang District, saw the 30-something man falling off an electric bike near the estate’s front gate at around 5:55 a.m. Friday. “After seeing what hap-pened to the man, I could tell that he was badly injured. As a

security guard, I couldn’t just sit by and do nothing,” Pei said.

Pei asked his colleagues to call 120 for an ambulance while he gave fi rst-aid treatment to the man, who was not breathing and only had a weak pulse at the time.

An ambulance arrived 10 minutes later. But when the emergency medical workers moved the man onto a stretcher, the man woke up and accused Pei of knocking him out. The man refused to go to a hospital and he called the police and a few

of his friends to question Pei.After watching the surveil-

lance video, the police and the man’s friends realized that the man was lying, although he was too stubborn to admit it.

Pei said he felt sad that he was being framed by someone he had saved, but he still believes that there are lots of kind people in the world. “Although the man didn’t say ‘thank you’ to me, I don’t blame him. I will do the same thing to save the next person if I encounter the same situation again,” Pei said. (Zhang Yang)

A SHARED workspace for legal professionals, De Jure Lawyer Workspace, offi cially opened in Futian CBD on Saturday, sznews.com reported yesterday.

It is reported that the sharing platform is the fi rst of its kind in the country and is aimed at pro-viding offi ce space and support-ing services so young lawyers can reduce their business costs.

Located in Futian CBD, the workspace can accommodate 120 people, providing offi ce cubicles, independent offi ces, a reception area and leisure facilities.

According to the spokesman of De Jure Lawyer Workspace, the workroom adopts the idea of time-sharing services for legal professionals, who can fl exibly reserve the cubicles or offi ces.

A young lawyer surnamed Zhang said he had intended to make a reservation after visiting the offi ce. He said it is more con-venient to meet his clients at this workspace as most of his clients are in the downtown.

According to Yang Xiao, deputy chairman of Shenzhen Lawyers Association, Shenzhen currently has 745 law fi rms, most of which are limited by factors such as scale, cost, location and offi ce environment. He expressed that De Jure Lawyer Workspace is the country’s fi rst shared workspace for lawyers, and it can relieve the pressures on young lawyers and developing law fi rms.

Apart from time-sharing offi ce space, the workspace also offers other services, such as case introduction, litigation fi nanc-ing, expert case evaluation and peer exchanges.

“We want to create a high-end legal service platform and make it the incubator of Shenzhen’s fi rst-class law fi rms,” said Zhang Zhi, a lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and the chairman of DSLC, a Shenzhen-based legal capital provider and investor in De Jure Lawyer Workspace.

(Zhang Yu)

WALKING 10,000 steps every day can help prevent and treat obesity, said experts attending a forum on nutrition and obesity in Shenzhen over the weekend. The forum was held to discuss obesity in China and possible solutions, the Nanfang Daily reported.

One in 10 adults in Shenzhen are obese, while more than 30 percent of Shenzheners are over-weight, according to the report.

Experts pointed out that an imbalance between energy use and consumption is the main reason behind obesity.

Zhao Wenhua, deputy direc-tor of the Nutrition and Health Institute of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Preven-tion, said that a team comprising experts in nutrition, epidemic diseases, clinical treatment, sports and policy-making has been conducting research on

policy support for the health of the nation since 1999. According to a monitoring survey on chronic diseases among Chinese people, the overweight and obesity rates for residents aged 18 to 69 saw obvious increases between 2004 and 2013.

An expert from the University of Colorado in the United States, James Hill, said: “More effi cient tools or models should be used to understand the complexity of

energy balance.” He agreed that the major contributor to obesity is when one uses less energy than he consumes.

Wendy Brown, from Univer-sity of Queensland, Australia, said that playing sports can help reduce obesity. Grassroots health centers and communities can advocate residents take long walks every day to prevent and treat obesity, suggested Brown. (Zhang Qian)

Shared legal office debuts in Futian

Eight face prosecution for subsidy fraud

Man accuses security guard savior of harm

Nutritionists give solutions to reduce obesity

Residents look at a skyrail model by BYD at the First Urban Transportation Culture Exposition held at Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center on Friday. The expo showcased the development of China’s rail transportation in recent decades.

The Shenzhen Metro Co.’s achievements in technology, innovation, arts and services were also on display. Shenzhen Metro Co. has also set up a subvenue at Chegongmiao Station. Sun Yuchen

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A glimpse of De Jure Lawyer Workspace in Futian. SD-Agencies