Wuhan: Resumption of production and production "faster than expected, better than expected"
Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, April 5 (Reporter Feng Guodong) On the afternoon of the 5th, at a news conference held by the Hubei Province New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, Hu Yabo, member of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of Wuhan, said: The resumption of production work is faster than expected and better than expected. "
According to Hu Yabo, Wuhan's work to promote resumption of production was later than that of the whole country and the province, and the problems and difficulties encountered during resumption of production were far greater than in other places. With the leadership and support of the Central Guiding Group and the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, Wuhan has not waited and acted on its own initiative.
Hu Yabo said that as of April 4, the resumption rate of industrial enterprises above designated size in Wuhan was 97.2%; the resumption rate of service enterprises above designated size was 93.2%; the resumption rate of batches of residential and catering enterprises above designated size was 95.8%; The rate is 92.4%. "Overall, the resumption of work in Wuhan City is faster than expected and better than expected." Hu Yabo said.
Wuhan is an important industrial base, science and education base and comprehensive transportation hub in the country. It is also an important fulcrum of many national strategies including the rise of the central part of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. At present, Wuhan is in a period of opportunity to build a national central city and a difficult period of transformation and development.
"The epidemic will bring pains to Wuhan's economic and social development in a short period of time, but it will not change the development momentum that Wuhan has continued to improve and gain momentum for many years," said Hu Yabo.