With East China’s Zhejiang Province successfully containing the latest outbreak of COVID-19, the majority of local businesses have resumed normal activities, according to media reports.
As of Sunday, 1,850 industrial enterprises in Shaoxing’s Shangyu district, 61 percent of all companies in this sector, had resumed operations with 62 percent of employees returning to their positions, while industrial electricity consumption recovered to more than 30 percent, local news outlet Zhejiang Daily reported.
Multiple A-share listed companies based in the province released statements saying the production has resumed.
JSG, a leading semiconductor material manufacturing equipment and LED substrate material manufacturing high-tech enterprise based in Zhejiang Province, announced on Sunday that its subsidiaries and factories in Shangyu started production since December 23, following the recent work resumption notice issued by the local health authorities on December 22.
Zhejiang Chunhui Co, a state-supported high-tech enterprise specialized in R&D and manufacturing of precision electromechanical equipment, also released a statement stating that the company and its subsidiary resumed work on Sunday after its application was approved by the local government.
Several companies in Zhejiang have halted production since December 8 amid tightening local policies as the result of the latest flareup.
Starting from December 8, Shangyu district required local companies, with the exception of manufacturers of PPE or other essential products, to suspend production in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus.
The community transmission of the virus has been cleared in Zhejiang’s Ningbo, Hangzhou and Shaoxing since December 20, China Central Television reported.
A supermarket resumes operation in Shangyu district, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province on December 26, 2021. Photo: VCG
