A worker makes shuttlecocks at a Yashilong Sports and Cultural Development Company factory in Southwest China's Guizhou province on March 12, as the company resumes operation in an orderly fashion during the outbreak of novel coronavirus. (Photo: Xinhua)

China's economy is gradually returning back to normal, as major industrial companies outside of Hubei province have resumed work at a rate of more than 90 percent，China's top economic regulator said on Tuesday.