China's main manufacturing hubs reboot after COVID-19 shutdown

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China's main manufacturing hubs reboot after virus shutdown

About 180 million workers have left their hometowns to return to work since Feb 10, when China ended the prolonged Lunar New Year holiday due to the virus outbreak, according to Reuters calculations based on transportation ministry data.At the current daily travel flow rate of more than 14 million people, about 192 million people are likely to return to cities where they work during the last two weeks in February, beating a government projection of 120 million.

"Guangdong is prioritising production resumption at information technology, automobile, petrochemicals and household appliances firms ... especially Huawei, ZTE, Midea and GAC Group," said a senior Guangdong official at a press briefing on Saturday. That remains 40 per cent less traffic than a normal Monday before the coronavirus outbreak, as Chinese authorities are still encouraging employees to work remotely to reduce the risk of virus spread.

 

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