A recent incident involving a young employee has drawn widespread online attention after he was hospitalized for vomiting blood following excessive drinking at a company's annual dinner.
According to reports, the 25-year-old, who had recently joined the company, was pressured by his superiors to consume alcohol during the event. He later suffered severe vomiting and was diagnosed with a tear at the gastric cardia, but survived after receiving prompt emergency treatment.
The incident has raised questions about potential legal liability for those who pressured him to drink. Wang Chao, a lawyer with Junzejun (Hefei) Law Firm in Beijing, said courts typically assess whether companions fulfilled reasonable duties of care and warning, as well as whether there was active encouragement to drink, when determining responsibility.