The epidemic situation in various regions in China and outside Hubei has finally improved, and various regions are arranging for enterprises to resume work in an orderly manner. So what is the status of resumption of work and production in various places? On the morning of February 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference and stated that the resumption rate of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide has gradually increased. Among them, Zhejiang has exceeded 90%, and Jiangsu, Shandong, Fujian, Liaoning, Guangdong, and Jiangxi have exceeded 70%. In addition, according to current monitoring, the start-up of small and medium-sized enterprises is close to 30% according to preliminary monitoring.
However, resumption of work ≠ resumption of production. Small and medium-sized enterprises still face many problems.
Bitter! Resumption of work ≠ resumption of production!
“The current main problem is that due to the epidemic, some employees are temporarily unable to come to Wanwan to return to work due to the impact of the epidemic area. They may work directly in their hometowns, resulting in a shortage of labor demand. How to Letting workers come back safely and willingly is an issue that needs to be considered at the moment.”
“If there are losses for four months in a year, then the year’s work has been in vain.” Xiao Hua runs a sports goods manufacturing company in Hengli, Dongguan. He dare not calculate the losses now, and the more he calculates the losses, the more disappointed he becomes.
On February 15, after finally preparing masks (5 yuan each), forehead thermometer guns (550 yuan each) and other anti-epidemic materials, his factory ushered in the resumption of work. approve. In a factory with 100 people, 156 people have returned to work, which also means that the factory cannot resume normal production. “I believe that 70%-80% of factories cannot quickly restore production capacity after resuming work.”
As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues to decline, business owners in Dongguan are increasingly vocal about resuming work. Many towns and streets have issued policies to encourage resumption of work. However, resumption of work does not mean immediate resumption of production. Many employees We are trapped in our hometown, and may face quarantine even if we come back. However, our own companies have resumed production, but upstream and downstream companies have not been able to resume production. Due to uncertainty, orders have also decreased. Under the series of problems, they are like mountains. In the case of many small business owners, it leaves them breathless.
As a result, some business owners began to set a deadline for themselves. For example, Xiao Gongjun, who is engaged in clothing processing, said that if the situation does not improve, he will choose to close down. The bottom line is 5 this year. moon. Of course, more business owners hope to recover the missing 30 days.
Only a dozen people come to a factory with a hundred people. How can we get the workers back safely?
According to Baidu Map Huiyan Baidu migration data, Dongguan ranked first in the country as the place where people moved to on February 18 and 19, accounting for 3.53% and 3.56% respectively. Among the places of origin of immigrants, provincial cities Shenzhen and Guangzhou occupy the forefront, followed by Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi and other provinces and cities. However, judging from the migration trend, this year’s migration scale index is significantly lower than last year’s migration scale index in the same period of the lunar calendar. Moreover, based on the lunar calendar year, last year’s migration scale index peaked on the ninth day of the first lunar month, while this year’s migration scale index is higher than The point is on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, that is, the movement of people moving in and out is obviously later than last year.
From a practical perspective, according to the situation in previous years, many people start planning to find jobs after the Lantern Festival. If we assume that the New Year is celebrated on February 3, then from the end of February to the beginning of March of that year, you will see people coming and going in major industrial parks and talent recruitment centers in Dongguan. This aspect has not appeared this year. Walking into Niushan Industrial Park in Dongcheng and the park near Xiaobian Village in Liaobu, the entire industrial park is a bit too quiet.
Nearly 80% of employees have not returned to work, which makes Xiao Hua quite anxious. Some of them may be unable to get out due to long-distance bus suspensions, inconvenient transportation, or due to rural blockades. Some employees come from places where the epidemic occurred. They need to be quarantined when they come, and they simply don’t come. “Today’s young employees are not like the 1990s, they were all desperate for their lives and not for money.”
Xiao Gongjun’s company is also facing a low return rate. “Our factory was originally a small business, with less than 40 people. On February 10, 2 people came Personally, I have also gone to the front line.” Xiao Gongjun’s tone was helpless. He said he was very anxious, but he couldn’t rush employees.
A few days ago, the Dongguan Federation of Industry and Commerce visited companies and obtained resumption data that was also not ideal. “The Houjie Town Federation of Industry and Commerce (Chamber of Commerce) has more than 1,000 members, among which group members of famous furniture companies account for the majority. Affected by the epidemic, the current return to work rate is low.” Wang Peijiang, Secretary-General of the Houjie Town Federation of Industry and Commerce (Chamber of Commerce) express.
“The current main problem is that due to the epidemic, some employees are temporarily unable to come to Wanwan to return to work due to the impact of the epidemic area. They may work directly in their hometowns, resulting in a shortage of labor demand. How to Letting workers come back safely and willingly is an issue that needs to be considered at the moment.” The relevant person in charge of Dongguan Yichun Group Co., Ltd. said that the company currently resumes work in phases, batches, and regions, and the resumption rate is about 15%. Key arrangements Front-line production employees have returned to work.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about recruiting people, but the question comes back to people, “There are not many people who want to recruit workers. Have you seen anyone on the road?” Xiao Hua sighed.
90% of suppliers have not resumed work, is the industrial chain under test?
In the era of industrial chain, everything is interconnected. This means that even if your own company is able to resume production, it does not mean that it can really resume production, because it is very likely that your upstream and downstream companies are…Return to work. “The epidemic has not passed, and it will be difficult for the government to save it. Some of the current measures, such as reducing or exempting social security and deferring taxes and fees, may provide temporary relief. In the end, factories must resume work and production to survive. More powerful measures can be adopted to recover this 2 month”. Wang Ping said.
On the evening of February 20, Dongguan issued “10 Proposals to Promote Employees to Return to Work as Early as possible and Enterprises to Resume Work and Reach Production Capacity”. It is necessary to thoroughly clean up the conditions and requirements for enterprises to resume work that exceed those necessary for epidemic prevention. Supporting chartered cars, trains or planes to bring back employees, and subsidies for new recruits, is the beginning of the activation of Dongguan’s economy.
(Xiao Hua, Wang Ping and Ding Yong are pseudonyms in the text)</p
