China Resumes corporate activities It takes time for Japanese companies to fully restore production 18:27 on February 10

In China, where the spread of the new coronavirus continues to spread, business activities have resumed in Beijing, Shanghai, and elsewhere from October 10. While some Japanese companies have resumed operations, some companies have postponed the restart, so it will take some time for full restoration of production.

Suzuki, which produces motorcycles in China, resumed operations at its factory in Jinan, Shandong Province on October 10, but the factory in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province has been postponed due to the lack of employees, so it has been postponed until 14th of this month .

Isuzu Motors, a truck maker, was scheduled to resume operations from the 10th, but it has postponed the resumption of operations at its plant in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province on March 17, and the plant in Chongqing will be able to resume operations on or after this month, subject to local government instructions. Postponed.

Honda has stated that it will resume operations at a car production plant in Guangzhou, where it had been aiming to resume operations on March 10, as soon as possible, while monitoring employee attendance. The plant in Wuhan, where the spread of infection is serious, is aiming to resume operations in the week of this month.

Mazda has postponed the resumption of the Nanjing car factory, which had been scheduled to resume from October 10, after December 12.

Sony has four manufacturing bases in Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shanghai, China, and manufactures TVs and camcorders. Sony resumed operations on October 10.

Sharp also has manufacturing bases in Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, and produces white goods such as air purifiers.

In addition, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Electric have resumed operations at some factories where the system has been secured, including securing employees.

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. resumed operations at three of its four manufacturing sites in Jiangsu and Guangdong on October 10, but one site in Guangdong aims to resume operations as soon as possible after the 11th. You.

China is Japan's largest import partner

According to the Ministry of Finance's trade statistics, imports from China to Japan last year amounted to ¥ 18,443.6 billion. China is Japan's largest import partner, accounting for 23% of total imports.

The value of imports from China has increased 5.4 times in 25 years since 3.3 trillion yen in 1995, and has increased 2.1 times compared to 2003 when SARS infection spread.

One of the rapidly increasing imports is automotive parts. The value of imports last year was 328.5 billion yen, 85 times that of 1995, and 8.8 times that of 2003 when SARS infection was widespread.

Looking at other major imports from China, in 1995, clothes ranked highest in import value were 94.1 billion yen,
189The second largest seafood is 189.1 billion yen,
繊 維 The 3rd place textile products were 175.5 billion yen.

In contrast, in 2019, ▽ 1st place was for mobile phones and other “communications equipment” of 2,166.5 billion yen,
衣 類 The second place is 1,789.8 billion yen for clothing,
▽ Third place is "computers" such as personal computers, ¥ 1,641.2 billion,
▽ The fourth place is “Audiovisual equipment” such as TV, followed by 7272 billion yen,
▽ Auto parts ranked 13th.

It can be seen that in the past 25 years, electrical and automotive manufacturers around the world, including Japan, have been expanding their production by establishing bases in China one after another.

Megabanks resume business except for Wuhan

Major Japanese banks are gradually resuming operations in China.

Mizuho Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ have resumed operations at some branches in China since last week, but have resumed operations at a branch in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on October 10. Now, all branches except Wuhan in Hubei Province have reopened.

Meanwhile, SMBC has already resumed operations at all branches in China.

Courier service resumes partially suspended

The logistics industry has resumed operations in some parts of China.

Yamato Transport has resumed delivery of courier services to a wide range of mainland China, including Beijing, Chongqing and Dalian, on October 10.

However, delivery to some areas has not yet resumed, and Hubei and Tianjin and Wenzhou, Zhejiang provinces will cease delivering courier services until this month and Thursday, respectively. You.

Yamato Transport said that if the spread of the new coronavirus spreads further, the resumption could be delayed.