On the 29th of last month, at around 1:30 a.m. in Urumqi, Xinjiang, a 22-year-old woman lost consciousness and fell.



He was taken to the hospital, but died after six hours.



Zhang was on the road to work overtime and leave work with a colleague as an employee of a food ingredient purchasing platform for the famous Chinese e-commerce company Pindudo.



The cause of death has not been revealed, but there has been a great debate in Chinese society with the claim of overwork.



[Save TV News: News of a young worker's sudden death is spreading again on various Internet sites.]



In 2019, the word '996', which was also emphasized by Alibaba's founder Ma Win, sparked controversy over long working hours.



996 means coming to work at 9 am, leaving work at 9 pm, and working 6 days a week.



[Marwin/Founder of Alibaba (January 2019): Alibaba works up to 12 hours every day.

12 hours is very normal.] Under the



Chinese Labor Law, the basic work of 8 hours a day and overtime work cannot exceed 36 hours per month.



However, around the highly competitive IT industry, 996 practices are unofficially prevalent.



There were also words such as '007', that you work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and '996 ICU,' that you go to the intensive care unit if you do 996.



After the incident, Pinduo was criticized for posting "Where's someone who didn't make money at the risk of their lives?" and clarified that it was personally posted by an employee of a marketing service company.



As the controversy spread, authorities set out to investigate Pindudou's labor contract and employee hours.



This incident once again reveals the reality of Chinese IT companies that force their workers to commit murderous labor because of their competitiveness and profits.