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Foreign-funded companies, joint ventures resuming production
Updated: Feb 19, 2020
By Liu Mingtai in Changchun, Yang Cheng in Tianjin, Zhang Xiaomin in Dalian, Liaoning province, Yang Jun in Guizhou, Ma Jingna in Lanzhou and Du Juan in Beijing
chinadaily.com.cn
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In Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, the new RAV4 SUV produced by a joint venture between FAW and Toyota rolled off the production line on Monday.
"We are trying to minimize the impact of the outbreak of the NCP with multiple of teams, including procurements, and logistics and have fastened our pace in the collaboration and preparation in welding, punching, coating and assembly workshops since late last week," said a company executive with SFTM, a joint venture between FAW and Toyota.
Four out of the five production lines at FAW-VW have resumed production and have seen up to 3,825 staff members join the manufacturing restarting campaign for Bora and Audi. Their production site is under strong protective measures for staff members.
"We have set up five service teams for auto producers here in the zone, helping to solve their difficulties 24 hours a day," Jiang Xutong, vice-director, Changchun Automobile Economic and Technological Development Zone, said.
Domestic companies have beefed up their efforts in the campaign.
