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Imagine you’re a public official responsible for safeguarding public spending. You oversee numerous government procurement processes, ranging from school supplies to infrastructure projects, and conduct audits across numerous agencies. Detecting collusion or fraud often involves manually reviewing extensive documents—a challenging task even with management information systems in place. Institutional controls—such as audit offices, financial oversight…

Yiwu, a city in east China’s Zhejiang province, is neither a coastal hub nor a border town, yet it has built a trade network that spans the globe. Today, the city hosts more than 10,000 foreign-invested businesses and approximately 38,000 foreign merchants who live and work there.