Under the epidemic, China’s manufacturing industry is facing the test of insufficient number of people to return to work, limited logistics, and difficult supply of raw materials. At present, the majority of manufacturing enterprises affected by the epidemic are actively helping themselves. Experts pointed out that the SARS epidemic in 2003 has proved that manufacturing contributes more to economic growth after the end of the epidemic, and cities with a higher proportion of manufacturing recover faster after the end of the SARS epidemic. Therefore, it is urgent to give more policy support to UAC389AE02 manufacturing enterprises, especially the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises.

The COVID-19 outbreak is continuing. Recently, some local enterprises have resumed work. The Economic Daily reporter interviewed a number of manufacturing enterprises and found that under the epidemic, China’s manufacturing industry is facing the test of insufficient number of people to return to work, limited logistics, and difficult supply of raw materials.

UAC389AE02 Many experts pointed out that the manufacturing industry plays a huge role in coping with the impact of the epidemic on China’s economy. The outbreak of SARS in 2003 has proved that manufacturing contributes more to economic growth after the end of the epidemic, and cities with a higher proportion of manufacturing recover faster after the end of the SARS epidemic. Therefore, it is urgent to give more policy support to manufacturing enterprises, especially the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Labor-intensive industries have been hit hard

Kong Liang, vice president of Inspur Group, admitted in an interview with reporters that the number and proportion of current returning employees is not high. Another difficulty is logistics, because major domestic logistics companies will not start normal operations until after February 10, and factories need raw materials to resume work.

UAC389AE02 Liu Xu, senior vice president of Zhongcheng Think Tank, said that the epidemic prevention and control measures will affect the flow of people and activities, and then affect logistics, making industrial production due to raw material supply and labor shortage.

“Many labor forces in labor-intensive industries come from inland provinces, but personnel mobility is difficult.” Raw materials are the lifeline of manufacturing companies, and they can’t be transported in because of traffic control.” China electronic information industry development Research Institute vice president Wang Peng told reporters.

Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, introduced that Wuhan is one of the base camps of Lenovo manufacturing, and the Wuhan industrial base is the largest and most advanced owned factory of Lenovo in the world. At present, Lenovo’s manufacturing base in Wuhan is closed for a holiday, and the date of resumption will be determined according to the further notice of The State Council and the Hubei provincial government.