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2016年度放假安排公布2016 Holiday Schedule Announced

2016年度放假安排公布：①元旦1月1日放假 ②春節：2月7日(除夕)-13日放假，2月6日、14日上班 ③清明：4月4日，連休3天 ④勞動節：5月1日，連休3天 ⑤端午：6月9日-11日放假，12日上班 ⑥中秋：9月15日-17日放假，18日上班 ⑦國慶節：10月1日-7日放假，10月8日、10月9日上班。

The 2016 holiday schedule was recently announced, mark your calendars for the following dates: January 1: New Year’s Day；February 7-13: Spring Festival Holiday (February 6 and 14 are work days)； April 4: Qingming Festival (3 day weekend)； May 1: Labor Day (3 day weekend)； June 9-11: Dragon Boat Festival ； September 15-17: Mid-Autumn Festival (September 18 is a work day)； October 1-7: National Week (October 8 and 9 are work days)

上海在亞洲生活成本最高Shanghai is the Most Expensive City in Asia for Expats

人力資源咨詢機構ECA國際的一項生活成本調查顯示，因人民幣升值，亞太地區外派人員生活成本最高的20個城市中，中國城市超過半數。ECA國際稱，包括香港在內，中國有11個城市上榜。2015年，上海從2014年的第三躍居亞洲最貴城市頭名。“盡管2015年夏人民幣兌美元小幅貶值，但人民幣兌大部分其他貨幣升值，上海因此成為國際外派人員生活成本最高的亞洲城市。”ECA亞洲地區負責人Lee Quane表示，“在可預見的未來，中國的大城市可能仍會是外派高管生活成本最高的地方。”

ECA International reported yesterday that because of the appreciation of the RMB, out of the 20 most expensive cities for expats in the Asia-Pacific region, more than half are in China.Out of the 20 most expensive cities for expats in the Asia-Pacific region, 11 cities are in China. Shanghai is now the first most expensive city in Asia in terms of costs of living. “In spite of the minor depreciation in the renminbi (yuan) against the dollar over the summer, it has strengthened against most other currencies leading to Shanghai becoming the most expensive Asian city for international assignees,” said ECA Asia regional director Lee Quane,” It is likely that major Chinese cities will remain expensive destinations for mobile executives for the foreseeable future.”

Uber中國與滴滴快的競爭激烈Didi Kuaidi Dominates Uber in the Chinese Market

近日，據福布斯網站報道，打車應用Uber與其中國競爭對手滴滴快的都投入數十億美元資金展開激烈競爭，試圖爭奪世界最大打車服務市場的主導權，然而從當前來看，Uber顯然敗得很慘。雙方都有大靠山，滴滴快的獲得阿里巴巴和騰訊支持，而Uber中國有百度力挺。滴滴快的在中國私家車拼車服務市場大幅領先，獲得83.2%活躍用戶青睞，而僅有16.2%活躍用戶支持Uber。

Despite Uber’s global success, Didi Kuaidi still dominates in the Chinese market. Both companies have tech giant backers: Didi Kuaidi is backed by Alibaba and Tencent, and Baidu backs Uber. In Beijing, for example, Didi Kuaidi holds 90 percent of the market, with up to a million users a day. Overall, 83.2 percent of Chinese users prefer Didi Kuaidi and 16.2 percent prefer Uber. (Source:http://www.echinacities.com/ 來源： http://www.echinacities.com/）