China News Service, Phnom Penh, April 30 (Reporter Ouyang Kaiyu) In the first quarter of 2022, Cambodia's garment industry has shaken off the impact of the epidemic, and exports have grown strongly.

Recently, the reporter visited a large Chinese-funded private garment factory near Phnom Penh, where epidemic prevention and production are both correct, and the output has exceeded the pre-epidemic level.

Wei Siyu (right) inspects the finished product.

Photo by Ouyang Kaiyu

  Wei Siyu is the head of this textile company called Chunxue (Cambodia), 20 years ago, he came to Cambodia to fight hard. In 2006, in the countryside of 38 kilometers of National Road 21 in Kamla Province, Cambodia, he established his current company independently, employing More than 4,000 local workers, specializing in wool sweater production and export.

Cambodian local workers.

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  Entering the production workshop, hundreds of textile machines capable of producing various styles of knitted fabrics are running at high speed. The workshop integrates knitting, sewing, ironing, testing and packaging.

With an annual output of tens of millions of trendy knitwear.

Cambodian local workers.

Photo by Ouyang Kaiyu

  The ready-to-wear industry (ready-to-wear, shoes and travel goods) is known to be Cambodia’s largest export sector, creating a lot of jobs – around 1,100 factories employing 750,000 workers.

During the severe period of the epidemic, several chambers of commerce, including the Cambodian Garment Chamber of Commerce, issued a joint statement saying that due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, about 400 clothing and travel products companies have stopped production, affecting about 150,000 workers.

Cambodian local workers.

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  Wei Siyu said that with the large-scale vaccination of Cambodia's new crown vaccine, the epidemic has been gradually brought under control, and the number of new cases has continued to decline. Cambodian officials announced that a herd immunity barrier has been established, and the social economy has been restarted.

April and May are the peak production season. The factory is running at full speed to complete new orders and export to Europe, America, East Asia, Oceania and other places.

Cambodian local workers.

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  "The garment factory is special, and the dense crowd has become a potential risk of outbreaks in the factory." Wei Siyu said, as a Chinese-funded private garment enterprise, it strictly implements local epidemic prevention measures. Although the government has lifted the "mask order", the factory still adheres to strict Workers regularly measure body temperature, disinfect the factory area regularly, and post eye-catching epidemic prevention publicity signs at the entrance of the workshop.

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Factory production line.

Photo by Ouyang Kaiyu