Many Chinese companies in Shanghai, China

The spread of the new coronavirus is affecting Japanese companies in Shanghai.

"Shanghai Japan Chamber of Commerce" conducted a questionnaire survey on Japanese companies based in Shanghai from October 10 to 12 this month when companies resumed their activities. A total of 635 companies responded.

When asked in multiple answers about ensuring the safety of employees against the new coronavirus, nearly 90% of companies responded that they "work from home", and nearly half said that "Employees returning from areas other than Shanghai Responded that they had to wait for 14 days at home ", revealing that many companies have not yet resumed full-scale operations.

In addition, if more than half of the companies have already affected the supply chain, and if the operation of factories in China continues to stop, more than 30% of companies will be able to produce and procure as before. I said that it was gone.

About half of the companies expect a profit decrease of more than 10%, and nearly 20% of companies expect a profit decrease of more than 20%, and many companies will be seriously affected. The prospect was shown.

Orders are 3 to 5 times employees are one third

Demand for alcohol disinfectants has increased sharply in China following the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but the occupancy rate has not continued to increase due to factors such as the inability to return home employees at factories of Japanese companies in Shanghai. I am.

A Japanese company on the outskirts of Shanghai, which manufactures alcohol disinfectants for China, received three times to five times the number of orders as a result of the spread of the new coronavirus. And continue production at the factory.

However, employees returning to their hometown during the Lunar New Year holidays are unable to return to Shanghai due to regulatory restrictions, and only about one-third of regular employees are gathered.

In addition, due to delays in the delivery of containers and labels, only one of the five production lines is operating.

Takafumi Inatsu of Saraya Shanghai, a company that manufactures disinfectants, said, "I think the plant's occupancy rate is around 30% to 40%. Do you? "

Many other Japanese companies in Shanghai have not been able to resume full-fledged operations, as employees are forced to work from home.