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A garment enterprise in Shenzhen issued a notice stating that to ensure normal operations before and after the holiday, the company has suspended leave privileges, requiring all employees to work normally and halting all leave requests.

On September 16, a Bilibili creator posted a video stating that their series investigating whether companies comply with labor laws and implement two-day weekends had been banned by the platform. The platform's customer service refused to provide specific details on the violation, citing content security management, and only requested that the creator adjust the content.

Multiple incidents of overseas citizens' passports being secretly withheld or even torn up have been publicly exposed, overseas returnees generally face prisoner-like telephone interrogations, and even while still abroad they are required to report real-time addresses and other personal information, showing that the relevant parties do not intend to let Chinese people roam freely in order to lock down civilian consumption and labor trends.

A blogger visited multiple bubble tea and dessert shops to investigate labor conditions. Employees reported working shifts of about 9 to 10.5 hours a day, with only 3 to 4 days off per month, and only one shop had relatively better labor conditions.