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Wal-Mart has set up a Communist Party branch at the headquarters of its China operations, news reports said Monday.
The move follows the success of China’s government-sanctioned union body in organizing unions at Wal-Mart’s 68 outlets in China.
The party branch was set up Nov. 15 at Wal-Mart’s China headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen, the party newspaper People’s Daily and the local newspaper Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported Monday.
Wal-Mart set up its first party branch in August in the northeast city of Shenyang, according to People’s Daily.
Chinese authorities have been trying to expand the presence of the ruling party and state-sanctioned labor groups at foreign companies.
