Tencent, Shenzhen police join forces to stop suicide

Thirty-five people contemplating suicide have been rescued nationwide since July in a joint effort by internet giant Tencent and the Shenzhen police to prevent people from carrying out the act.

The initiative, called We Light and launched in July, is the country's first cooperative project between the police and an enterprise to help those thinking about killing themselves.

More than 2,000 group accounts on QQ - Tencent's social media platform - that publish suicide-related information have been shut down over the period.