(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Wuhan "China Car Capital" Presses "Restart Button" More than 200 Enterprises Resumption of Work and Production
China News Service, Wuhan, March 23 (Reporter Xu Jinbo) The Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone (also known as the "China Car Capital"), which has been hit by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, has more than 200 automobile vehicles and zero Component companies have resumed work and production.
The Wuhan Development Zone was built 30 years ago with the establishment of a Sino-French joint venture Shenlong Motor Company. Today, it has gathered 7 automobile manufacturers, 12 automobile assembly plants, and more than 500 auto parts companies, and is known as "China's car capital".
Affected by the Spring Festival holiday and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, companies in the area have stopped work and production since mid-January. The dynamic epidemic situation of the Wuhan Municipal Health and Health Committee showed that as of March 22, there had been no new confirmed cases in the local area for 5 consecutive days. While the government is actively responding to the epidemic, it has helped enterprises resume work in an orderly manner.
After several procedures such as temperature measurement and disinfection, the reporter entered the second factory of Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. on the 23rd, and saw the machinery roar in the assembly shop, and the production line of semi-finished cars moved slowly. Workers wearing masks are nervously and orderly installing components such as door frame seals, fuel supply pipes, and guard plates. The AVG car in the assembly and distribution area is full of components and drives along the track to the designated equipment section, one after the other. Keep going offline, showing a busy scene.
According to Zheng Chunkai, executive deputy general manager of Dongfeng Honda, the company has three OEMs in the Wuhan Development Zone, and has resumed production and production last week. It now implements single-shift production, with about 5,000 employees on the job, and has produced more than 1,000 vehicles. . "In the early stage, it was in a state of resumption of production and warming up, and adhered to the principle of" prevention of epidemic prevention and priority on quality ". The main reason is that the production line can be started to make employees skilled." He said that starting from the 23rd, the three factories will start together The output climbed, striving to move from full production in one shift to full production in two shifts. It is expected to recover 50% of normal production capacity this week.
Zheng Chunkai admits that the flow of people, logistics, and sub-suppliers are the main factors restricting the normal operation of enterprises. In order to overcome the early resumption of production, the company has recently received more than 10,000 employees through special trains, chartered cars and other methods. Later, it will arrange arrangements to return to work according to production needs; Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhengzhou and Chengdu have been established in succession. To the five public railway-railway transportation networks in Wuhan, the logistics “locking points” in the resumed production and production were successfully opened.
Dongfeng Passenger Cars also resumed production recently. According to the company's party committee secretary and deputy general manager Liu Hong, on the premise of epidemic prevention and control safety and compliance, the pre-stage approach was adopted to organize personnel to return to Wuhan in a step-by-step manner to arrange production in a reasonable and orderly manner, and the output has gradually increased. . The factory's production capacity can be increased from 9 vehicles per hour to 30 vehicles per hour at the beginning of the resumption, but there is still a certain gap from the normal production capacity. At the same time, the supplier's supply of materials was driven through a low tempo. As of March 22, the supplier's resumption rate was 100%.
The auto parts company, Shanghai Natiefu Transmission System Co., Ltd. has 15 production lines in Wuhan plant and has started nearly 10 production lines. The world's leading manufacturer of drive shafts supplies 32 OEMs worldwide and accounts for 15% of China's market share. Recent products are mainly supplied to users such as Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Nissan, Volvo, and GAC Fiat.
"The automotive industry is a production system of the entire industrial chain, and vehicles without any spare parts cannot leave the factory." The relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Development Zone Management Committee said that around the resumption of production and personnel in the automotive industry chain, as of the 22nd, The district has approved the resumption of production of 229 Dongfeng series enterprises and first-tier suppliers in the district, and 202 of them have been started, with an operating rate of 87.3%. Coordinated the return of more than 20,000 enterprise employees to Wuhan, and raised 2,590 staff dormitories with 7,367 beds; 713 “point-to-point” custom buses were opened, and 8,305 commuter employees were picked up. (Finish)