SHANGHAI: The environmental protection bureau in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong has been forced to apologise after insulting a resident who complained about dust…
SHANGHAI: The environmental protection bureau in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong has been forced to apologise after insulting a resident who complained about dust pollution at a construction site, the official China Daily reported on Friday.
The resident asked the bureau through the social media application WeChat to take action at the site next to a high school in Zigong, known as China’s “salt city”.
“Nobody would consider you dumb if you did not speak,” the bureau said in an automatic response to the complaint.
The bureau blamed an “intelligent robot” for the reply and promised to tackle the dust problem.
