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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春节：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，连休3天 ④劳动节：5月1日，连休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国庆节：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)

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

人力资源咨询机构ECA国际的一项生活成本调查显示，因人民币升值，亚太地区外派人员生活成本最高的20个城市中，中国城市超过半数。ECA国际称，包括香港在内，中国有11个城市上榜。2015年，上海从2014年的第三跃居亚洲最贵城市头名。“尽管2015年夏人民币兑美元小幅贬值，但人民币兑大部分其他货币升值，上海因此成为国际外派人员生活成本最高的亚洲城市。”ECA亚洲地区负责人Lee Quane表示，“在可预见的未来，中国的大城市可能仍会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中国与滴滴快的竞争激烈Didi Kuaidi Dominates Uber in the Chinese Market

近日，据福布斯网站报道，打车应用Uber与其中国竞争对手滴滴快的都投入数十亿美元资金展开激烈竞争，试图争夺世界最大打车服务市场的主导权，然而从当前来看，Uber显然败得很惨。双方都有大靠山，滴滴快的获得阿里巴巴和腾讯支持，而Uber中国有百度力挺。滴滴快的在中国私家车拼车服务市场大幅领先，获得83.2%活跃用户青睐，而仅有16.2%活跃用户支持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/ 来源： http://www.echinacities.com/）