Northeast China’s Jilin province is encouraging companies to resume work in batches, urging them to continue prevention and control measures against the novel coronavirus epidemic even as they move to speed up economic development, according to local reports.

FAW-Volkswagen, the giant automaker based in Changchun, Jilin’s provincial capital, has resumed work.

Company officials said that the plants are disinfected consistently and comprehensively. All people entering plants need to wear masks and receive body temperature tests and workers get body temperature measurements every four hours.

Staff members are now provided boxed meals instead of eating in canteens, to avoid public gatherings. Training on epidemic prevention and control and emergency response methods is also provided to staff.

Wang Kaiyu, deputy Party secretary of the FAW-Volkswagen Changchun plant, said that four of the five production lines there had gone into operation and the company would enhance productivity to meet its annual production goal.

The Audi A6L production line at the FAW-Volkswagen Changchun plant [Photo/Jilin Daily]

The Shougang Tonggang Limited Company, an iron and steel company in Tonghua city, has also resumed work. It also stresses a return to production while preventing the virus spread.

Xin Bensong, a bus driver of the company, now goes to his post 20 minutes earlier than usual, to clean the bus, measure staff temperatures and supervise them to wear their masks.

He also promotes epidemic prevention and control knowledge among workers. Before getting off work, he disinfects the bus with specialist staff.

Zhang Nan is a sales manager at the company’s South China branch, while he can only work online now, communicating via the internet with ports, logistics and warehouses to tackle problems.

Xin Bensong gets ready to take his bus out. [Photo/Jilin Daily]

Jilin Petrochemical Company, based in the province’s Jilin city, is another adherent of epidemic prevention and control as well as safe production.

Workers of its logistics company disinfect buses every day. An emergency rescue drill is also organized to simulate checks and treatments of suspected coronavirus patients.

The company has also issued epidemic prevention and control handbooks to its workers.

Officials said that up until Feb 12, the company has provided 80,000 face masks and 205 thermodetectors to workers, as well as eight tons of ethanol and 3.4 tones of disinfectant.

An emergency rescue drill is organized to transfer suspected patients at Jilin Petrochemical Company. [Photo/Jilin Daily]