KUALA LUMPUR: As China continues to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak, its industries have started to return to work in an orderly manner, according to the Xi’an Bureau of Industry and Information Technology.
Xi’an recently introduced a number of measures to help enterprises pull through the difficult times and speed up their resumption of production, including optimising government services, delaying social security payments and stabilising employment with subsidies.
The Bureau, in a statement, has released statistics which reveal that over 400 enterprises in Xi’an resumed production as of Feb 19. A total of 34 large industrial enterprises have resumed work and production, accounting for 75.6% of all the 45 large industrial enterprises.
Production capacity has also been gradually restored, as nine large enterprises with production and sales of over 10 bil yuan (RM6.01 bil) have fully or partially resumed production, such as Shaanxi Automobile Holdings Limited and Samsung (China) Semiconductor Co Ltd.
As enterprises resume production, personnel mobility is increasing. In order to stop the virus from spreading, the Xi’an government is providing ‘one-on-one’ services for enterprises returning to work, helping them implement prevention and control measures.
In addition, according to the bureau, the government has introduced a number of measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises resume work by reducing or exempting rents, providing interest subsidies and helping enterprises develop markets.
It said Xi’an will centrally arrange a special fund of 200 mil yuan to support the employment of local enterprises and a special fund of one bil yuan to support local enterprises in vocational training for employees.
It will offer a full subsidy for the expenses of the enterprises incurred in transporting employees with booked vehicles and train compartments; partial subsidy for the transportation costs of personnel returning to work on their own; and full subsidy for the costs of nucleic acid testing. – Feb 24, 2020, Bernama
