Over 70% of Shanghai's major enterprises resume production

Key industrial chains like automobiles, integrated circuits and biomedicine continued to recover and increase production capacity, while leading enterprises have maintained stable production, Zhang Hongtao, a general engineer from the Shanghai municipal commission of economy and information, told the press conference.

Enterprises that have already reopened production kept working over the May Day holiday, he was quoted as saying by an official Chinese media outlets.

Zhang reaffirmed the role of the ‘white list’ mechanism to secure the resumption of production, which made clear the application process and conditions that have to be met.

He also vowed to engage with voices from multiple fields to solve issues such as logistics congestion, storage and license issuance.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)