China resumes work amid virus

The epidemic situation is improving, and China is gradually resuming production and work.

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  Xi inspects work resumption in Zhejiang

  Chinese president Xi Jinping inspects work resumption in Zhejiang. (Photo: Xinhua)NINGBO, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Sunday inspected the resumption of work and production in east Chinas Zhejiang Province.Xi visited the Chuanshan port area of the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the worlds top container ports, which handled about 1.12 billion tonnes of cargo in 2019.Xi also went to an industrial park in Ningbo, which produces high-end auto parts and molds.Zhejiang is one of Chinas major foreign trade provinces. Businesses are fast resuming operations.

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  Rural workers getting back to their jobs

  The factory employs workers from poor families.More than 20 million rural workers in 25 provincial regions have returned to their jobs as the novel coronavirus outbreak has abated in China, according to the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development.Wu Hua, deputy head

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  FAW-VW welcomes its 20 millionth vehicle amid COVID-19 outbreak

  On March 30, FAW-Volkswagens 20 millionth car, New Magotan GTE ran off the line of the assembly shop in Changchun base. (Photo provided to Peoples Daily)FAW-Volkswagen welcomed its 20 millionth vehicle on Monday atthe assembly shop in northeast Chinas Changchun base, a major milestone for the company.Since February 17, FAW-Volkswagens five bases in China, including Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao and Tianjin have resumed production.FAW-VW carrys on production smoothly and orderly under epidemic. Since Feb, FAW-VW summoned and dispatched a more than hundred peoples team to assist supplier to boost the industry supply chain.(Photo provided to Peoples DailyOn Monday, FAW-Volkswagen also officially launched its Auto Environmental Protection Innovation Project. The project aims to resolve the core scientific and technical questions in auto environmental protection and promotes the development of auto environmental protection technology.The Sino-German joint venture, based in Changchun, capital of Northeast Chinas Jilin province, has established an all-around sustainable development scheme, covering energy conservation in production and operation, emissions reduction in production and logistics as well as cooperation with dealers and suppliers in environmental protection.With efforts made in green and sustainable development, and achievements in promoting electrification, intelligence, connectivity and sharing, FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co is poised to "drive the future" and ride out the current downward spiral in the Chinese automobile market.By analyzing energy saving on utilities, reducing the consumption of natural gas in drying furnaces and monitoring the energy consumption in painting workshops, the energy management system helps the automaker effectively reduce energy consumption, according to FAW-VW.FAW-VW BoM members attended the 20 millionth car offline, Mr. Liu Yigong, President of FAW-Vol...

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  More than 98 pct of China's major industrial firms resume work

  BEIJING, March 30 -- China's manufacturing sector has steadily advanced production resumption, with 98.6 percent of major industrial firms nationwide having restarted work as of Saturday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Monday. In Hubei, the average work resumption r

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  China continues production resumption in wake of epidemic

  Employees of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group work at the assembly shop for shield tunneling machine in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan province, on March 18. [Photo/Xinhua] .China has made considerable progress in speeding up production and resumption of work, as over 76 percent of small

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  Wuhan resumes subway service following over two months of suspension

  A man waits for the train at a subway station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 29, 2020. Wuhan, a central Chinese city once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic, on Saturday resumed its subway service following more than two months of suspension due to the epidemic. A passenger w

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  School carries out disinfection work for class resumption in Wuchuan County, Hohhot

  A staff member disinfects a canteen in No. 3 High School in Wuchuan County, Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 29, 2020. The school carried out disinfection work for class resumption of students in their final year of senior and junior high schools.

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  Over 60,000 people returned to Wuhan on the first day of railway station service resumption

  (Photo: VCG)After 65 days of suspension, three railway stations in Wuhan city —Wuchang, Hankou, and Wuhan stations — all resumed service, indicating the beginning of a large wave of returns. According to the data from Wuhan’s railway department, the number of trains heading for or passing by Wuhan on Saturday reached 260, with more than 60,000 people entering Wuhan.On January 23, Wuhan shut down all outbound trips from airports and railway stations to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. With the lockdown of the city, thousands of people were forced to give up their plan to go home for the Spring Festival.Now, the railway station services in Wuhan have resumed. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing are among the departure stations of trains to Wuhan. “Although the number of trains to Wuhan remains a quarter of a normal schedule, it means that Wuhan’s citizens who were stranded in other areas of the country can return home now,” said an official. It is reported that in the near future, the number of trains to Wuhan will increase, and they will bring more people back to Wuhan.(Compiled by Zhang Yuanzheng)

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  China's Wuhan resumes subway service

  WUHAN, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Wuhan, a central Chinese city once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 epidemic, on Saturday resumed its subway service following more than two months of suspension due to the epidemic.File photo: CGTN"We clearly remember that the metro service had been suspended for 65 days," said Li Wei, a staff worker of the Wuhan metro service operator. "I was startled when I first saw the news of shutting down the metro system as I never expected such scenario to happen one day.""We are excited and happy today to resume the service to serve the Wuhan residents again," Li said.Passengers for six metro lines in the capital of Hubei Province are asked to scan their health QR codes with real name information and check body temperature before entering the metro stations and wear face masks during the whole journey. Many were seen even wearing rubber gloves and hats that can cover the face.The subway service operator has installed 200 infrared intelligent temperature monitoring equipment at 182 subway stations that are back to service in the initial period.Inside the subway carriages, there are yellow signs that ask passengers to sit with an empty seat between two of them and security guards who tell people to wear masks during the whole of their trips, not to assemble and scan trip-tracking codes when getting off the subway.The trip tracking is designed to aid the epidemic prevention and control work. To reduce potential cross-infection, the subway carriages will also be disinfected partly every day and entirely every five days."We are finally back. I can go to work next Monday," said a subway passenger surnamed Yang, who just arrived in Wuhan Saturday with another two family members carrying eggs, preserved meat and vegetables from Sichuan Province.

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  China's TV drama industry begins to resume operation

  BEIJING, March 27 -- China's TV drama industry, which has been dormant for months due to the COVID-19 outbreak, is resuming work and production in an orderly manner, according to the National Radio and Television Administration Friday.Major film and television program production centers in Xiangsha

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  Smart supply chains sustain China's anti-epidemic fight, work resumption

  BEIJING, March 27 -- China's new-generation smart supply chain has been sustaining the anti-epidemic fight and work resumption, the Science and Technology Daily reported Friday.The artificial intelligence (AI) open innovative platform of the smart supply chain is playing its role thanks to the join

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  Construction project in Wuhan resumes work

  A staff member works at a construction site in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 26, 2020. A project in Wuhan undertaken by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co. At present, more than 400 managers and laborers have returned to the construction site and more than 500 workers

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  China beefs up work resumption of industrial chains

  Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2019 shows industrial robots during the 2019 World Robot Conference in Daxing District of Beijing, capital of China. (Photo: Xinhua)BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a circular Thursday, stressing coordinated work resumption of industrial chains while containing the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).The circular encouraged top enterprises to lead upstream and downstream companies, especially small and medium-sized firms in increasing the momentum for coordinated resumption of production.The MIIT will sort out leading enterprises and their core business partners in the industrial chain which have not resumed production capacity, and solve the problems of the enterprises.Key areas including materials for epidemic control, life necessities, spring plowing, products for international supply chains as well as labor-intensive industries will be addressed, said the circular.More efforts will also be taken to analyze the impact of the epidemic on key industrial chains and introduce measures to ensure stable production of key companies and links in international industrial chains and maintain the stability of the international supply chains.

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  Construction of Jiaodong International Airport fully resumes in Qingdao

  Aerial photo taken on March 25, 2020 shows the Jiaodong International Airport under construction in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. The construction work of the airport was fully resumed recently. Staff members work at the terminal building of Jiaodong International Airport in Qingdao, east

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  Wuhan in order: resumption under supervision

  As spring comes, the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan has been controlled and all walks of life are orderly resuming work.First batch of subway builders return to WuhanThe construction site of Science Park Station of Wuhan’s Metro Line 12 took the lead to resume work. Dozens of builders returned to Wuhan and began crown beam support and equipment assembly work.Metro Line 12, a 59.8-kilometer line beginning from Hankou Railway Station, is Wuhan’s first subway ring line. The main body envelope and pile foundation construction have been completed.The reinforced materials required, as well as concrete and other material supplies, have been prepared for the full resumption of production.Over 7,000 construction and management workers will be needed for the city’s rail transit construction once the peak is reached, according to the project. Wuhan Metro Group is actively keeping in touch with laborers in Sichuan, Anhui and other neighboring provinces, sending them to the front line of construction through a "point-to-point, one-stop" approach.600 more companies resume production in Huangpi DistrictOver 600 companies have successively resumed production in Wuhan’s Huangpi District in the past few days, among 927 which have been approved to resume.Approved by the district’s prevention and control team, half of the workers have returned to the posts and resumed house renovation work in a key guarantee project for graduate students staying in Wuhan, while the other half are on their way back.The district has established a company service group, divided into 10 shifts, to help industrial, agricultural and other industries resume work. As long as the company meets the requirements of the documents and submits an application, the district will send people responsible for the review and approval of resumption to ensure a safe work environment.Other measures such as transportation green channel, district-to-company contact and new financial benefit policies were made to improve ...

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  Wuhan to waive electricity fees to boost work resumption

  Employees of ZTO Express Wuhan sorting center work on packages in Wuhan, March 22, 2020. (Photo: chinadaily.com.cn)WUHAN -- Wuhan has planned to reduce electricity fees for enterprises as they gradually resume operations in the city hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak.The citys electricity supplier said Tuesday a slew of favorable policies will save local companies 389 million yuan ($54.9 million) in electricity bills before June 30.A total of 1,365 companies are covered by the new policies, it said.Wuhan will take differentiated measures to promote work resumption based on the health risks of different regions to mitigate the impact on the economy, the latest government circular said Tuesday.

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  Xinjiang accelerates construction, resumption of key projects

  Staff work at a clothes factory in Bachu County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China. (File photo: Xinhuua)URUMQI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Northwest Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has sped up the construction and resumption of key projects, according to local authorities.The Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (Toutunhe District) held a commencement ceremony on Monday, marking the start of construction on 28 key projects, including an international textile and clothing trade center and an international grain and oil trading center in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang.Zhang Junxiang, an official of the economic and technological development zone, said a total of 337 key projects are scheduled to start construction in the zone this year.All projects in cities and prefectures across Xinjiang, covering fields of agriculture, forestry, water conservancy, housing, transportation, energy, infrastructure, logistics and ecological restoration, are expected to resume work by the end of March, according to the regional government.

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  Digital health code for Hubei people ensures work resumption conducted in order

  Some 551 workers from Jingzhou of Hubei Province arrive in Guangzhou on Thursday. (Photo: GT)Hubei is promoting the digital health code to serve as a certificate for those returning to work or life in other parts of China. The country is also encouraging more provincial regions to recognize the Hubei health code.On Thursday, 1,631 migrant workers arrived at South Chinas Guangdong Province from Jingzhou, Hubei. They will work in 898 Guangdong companies.A total of 40,000 Hubei people will return to work in Guangdong by using the health code, the CNR reported.The Baiyun district of Guangzhou was the first to announce recognition of the Hubei health code on March 16. Hubei people with a green code do not need to be quarantined and tested when returning to Baiyun.People can apply for the health code through online platforms. They need to fill in basic information such as their ID number, mobile phone number and detailed address. Then they answer questions that evaluated whether they have risks of COVID-19 infection.Afterward, applicants are given red, yellow or green codes, which show the risk of them to be infected with the COVID-19. The green code means the lowest risk.More regions are accepting the Hubei health code. For instance, Hangzhou, the capital city of East Chinas Zhejiang Province, announced that Hubei people with a green code do not need to be quarantined upon arriving in Hangzhou and can start their work immediately.People from other regions entering Hubei can also apply for the health code. Those with a "green code" could travel inside Hubei, the province announced Thursday.The idea of a health code was first developed and realized in Hangzhou by platforms attached to Alibaba, including Alipay and DingTalk, according to the CNR.The Yuhang district of Hangzhou first released the health code policy on February 7, which was promoted to 200 cities in two weeks.

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  China to accelerate work resumption of courier sector in Hubei

  A man unloads parcels from a ZTO Express delivery vehicle in Beijing.BEIJING - China will continue to promote work resumption of the courier sector in Hubei, once the hard-hit province of the novel coronavirus, according to the State Post Bureau .The sector should arrange work resumption based on sp