(Reuters) -Extra Chinese language companies and state-backed firms throughout the nation have requested their employees to not deliver Apple iPhones and different international units to work, Bloomberg Information reported on Friday, citing individuals acquainted with the matter.
For over a decade, China has been searching for to scale back reliance on international applied sciences, asking state-affiliated corporations resembling banks to modify to native software program and selling home semiconductor chip manufacturing.
A number of state corporations and authorities departments throughout a minimum of eight provinces have instructed workers prior to now month or two to start out carrying native manufacturers, the Bloomberg Information report mentioned.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for a remark.
In December, smaller corporations 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 employees in a minimum of three ministries and authorities our bodies have been advised to not use iPhones at work.
Apple’s shares have been marginally down at $196.50 in prolonged buying and selling.
(Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Shinjini Ganguli)
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