Qianhai firms resume work, production at full speed

COMPANIES operating in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone resumed work and production Monday at full speed to safeguard the normal business operations in all related sectors.

After a weeklong COVID lockdown, the Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone has returned to its busy and bustling normal.

YH Global, a unicorn supply chain company, started to prepare for production resumption Friday after receiving approval from government authorities. “We had registered with the Qianhai authority and the subdistrict where the company is located in terms of personnel and anti-pandemic measures. Some of our staff returned to their positions Saturday after the company accepted safety inspections and guidance from the Qianhai authority,” said Su Baoyin, general manager of YH Global.

According to Su, the company prioritized processing its backlog of orders as quickly as possible and sorted out employees who can come to work normally and those who cannot, so as to make reasonable work arrangements.

“It is expected that we can resume 100% production capacity three or five days later, and we will take strict anti-pandemic measures to ensure the safety of our staff and the normal business operation of the company’s whole supply chain,” Su said.

Kintetsu Logistics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., another supply chain company operating in the bonded zone, also resumed partial work and production two days ahead of the whole city’s normal operation to help the company’s upper- and lower-reach enterprises quickly resume normal operations. The early preparations allowed the company to resume normal operations Monday.

Shenzhen Factors Association, an industry leader, resumed on-site office work Monday.

According to Yin Jiangshan, president of the association, when this wave of COVID broke out citywide, the association called on all its members to increase financing support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those closely related to the normal operation of society during the epidemic.

The call was quickly responded to. Asia Factor, a member of the association, prepaid 320 million yuan (US$50.3 million) for several takeaway delivery service companies to cover the salary of their more than 63,000 employees. The effort greatly alleviated the companies’ financial stress caused by the pandemic.