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In China, whispers of change as some companies tell staff to work less

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A handful of major Chinese companies have new badges of honour this year : mandatory clock-off times for staff and bans on after-hours meetings.

In China , this counts as radical corporate messaging, a sharp contrast to " 996 " or working from 9 a.m to 9 p.m. six days a week.

China 's government is calling for companies to abide by the country's 44 hour weekly work limit.

Midea formalised its new rules which ban "performative overtime" in January .

Employee feedback has "definitely been very positive," Zhao Lei , vice president of the company's home air conditioning division, said in a statement.

"We want to focus on generating innovation and creating value within the eight-hour work day ," he said.

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