City makes chip rule to help control dogs

GUANGZHOU - Dog owners in the Guangdong provincial capital must have a special microchip inserted beneath the skin of their pets by the end of July.

And Guangzhou police have licensed 27 offices as places where dog owners can go to have the chips inserted.

The policy is meant to enable authorities to exercise more control over the large number of dogs in Guangzhou, according to an officer with the city's public security bureau.