How Enterprises Can Navigate Lockdown and Resume Work in SH

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s COVID-19 cases decline in Shanghai, the Chinese government is seeking to speed up the resumption of work and industrial production among key enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, which collectively make up the bulk of production in the country.

 
We address key questions on how Shanghai enterprises can navigate the city’s COVID-19 restrictions and apply for industrial and work resumption.

After a month of stringent lockdown measures, the epidemic emergency in Shanghai has gone into remission. Subsequently, the government has encouraged businesses to resume operations, as authorities will progressively release people from the lockdown based on the epidemic situation in their residential areas, in line with the city’s current regulations.

To facilitate this process, on May 3, 2022, the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology issued the second edition of the Guidelines for Epidemic Prevention and Control for Industrial Enterprises in Shanghai (the Guidelines).

Compared to the first edition of the Guidelines, the latest version contains a new section about strengthening services for enterprises resuming work and production. In addition, there have also been further updates to the five sections published in the first edition, covering issues like site zoning and employee management.

Shanghai has approved two batches of key companies that may resume work and production as a “white list of key companies”. The first batch includes 666 companies, while the second batch includes 1,188 companies. Most of the companies on the white list are auto manufacturing, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, mechanics, and logistics companies.

According to reports, 90 percent of the first batch companies and 70 percent of the second batch companies have resumed work as of May 5, 2022.

Source: SFBC Shanghai