Affected by the Shenzhen epidemic, Foxconn Shenzhen Park has been shut down since March 14, including Foxconn Shenzhen Apple iPhone production line. At the same time, as of press time, many companies have disclosed the impact of the Shenzhen epidemic.
Shenzhen Park is shut down completely
On March 13, the Shenzhen covid-19 virus pneumonia epidemic prevention and control headquarters issued a notice that from March 14 to 20, in addition to ensuring the urban operation and the transportation of goods and materials for Hong Kong, the buses and subways in Shenzhen were shut down.
The circular pointed out that Shenzhen has carried out three rounds of full staff nucleic acid testing, and the city’s community communities, urban villages and industrial parks have implemented closed management; The city’s personnel do not leave the depth unless necessary. If there are special needs, they will leave the depth with 24-hour nucleic acid negative certificate. In addition, with the exception of public service enterprises such as water, electricity, fuel, gas, communications, sanitation, grain, oil, meat and vegetable supply that ensure the basic operation of citizens and cities, and enterprises that ensure the supply of Hong Kong, all enterprises will work at home and suspend production and business activities; Except for the agricultural trade (including the supermarket) and the food and beverage (including the delivery service) market, which are needed by the citizens, all other places are closed.
On March 14, the reporter learned from Foxconn that Foxconn is located in various parks in Shenzhen (Longhua, Guanlan, etc.) to cooperate with the local government’s covid-19 pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work. The operation will be suspended from now on, and the actual resumption time will be notified by the local government. Foxconn said that due to other support plants, the company has carried out necessary production deployment to reduce the impact on the company’s operation. In the company’s Park, all staff nucleic acid detection and other epidemic prevention measures have been started simultaneously to ensure the life safety and physical health of employees in the park.
There are two main public information parks in Shenzhen: Longhua science and Technology Park and Foxconn science and technology park. Among them, the Longhua Science Park in Shenzhen was put into operation in June 1996, and is the Foxconn’s operation center and global manufacturing headquarters in Chinese mainland. It is also the earliest factory area to Chinese mainland. Longhua science and Technology Park covers an area of about 2.3 square kilometers and Guanlan science and Technology Park covers an area of about 2.95 square kilometers. In addition to the plant, there are also living areas such as employee apartments and restaurants around. At the peak, there were more than 200000 workers in Longhua park alone.
It is worth mentioning that Foxconn Longhua and Guanlan plants have idpbg business group production lines. Idpbg, the “digital products business group”, mainly produces mobile communication terminal equipment. At present, it is mainly responsible for OEM Apple iPhone The above factory is also responsible for the production and assembly of accessories for iPad, Apple Computer and other products. In addition to Apple products, the above factory also produces other consumer electronics brand products.
Foxconn official website shows that Foxconn has more than 40 factories in Chinese mainland. In the Pearl River Delta region, Foxconn has laid Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Guangzhou and other places. At present, Foxconn Zhengzhou Park, the main production force of Apple iPhone, is in normal operation.
multiple companies disclose the impact of the epidemic
In addition to Foxconn, a number of listed companies have also been affected by the Shenzhen epidemic to varying degrees.
Netac Technology Co.Ltd(300042) ( Netac Technology Co.Ltd(300042) ) on March 14, it was announced that the company actively responded to the government’s epidemic prevention policy. According to the announcement, the company temporarily stopped production in Shiyan plant area of the company on March 14, and all employees worked at home to fully cooperate with the government’s epidemic prevention work to curb the spread of the epidemic. The specific time for resuming normal production and operation will be arranged according to the government’s epidemic control requirements.
On March 14, Montnets Cloud Technology Group Co.Ltd(002123) ( Montnets Cloud Technology Group Co.Ltd(002123) ) said on the interactive platform that the company strictly abides by the regulations on epidemic control, Shenzhen employees do not stop working at home, and the company’s cloud communication platform is still running in an orderly manner. In order to help Shenzhen digital intelligence fight the epidemic, the Publicity Department of Yantian District government, together with Shenzhen Mobile Yantian branch and Montnets Cloud Technology Group Co.Ltd(002123) use 5g news to distribute epidemic prevention information to the public. Everyone is working overtime and doing a good job of support.
Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co.Ltd(002215) ( Shenzhen Noposion Agrochemicals Co.Ltd(002215) ) said on March 14 that the company’s production bases are distributed in Dongguan, Weinan, Shaanxi and Shandong. The Shenzhen headquarters is the back office functional department. At present, the Shenzhen headquarters is home office, and production and business are not affected.
On the same day, Chow Tai Seng Jewellery Company Limited(002867) ( Chow Tai Seng Jewellery Company Limited(002867) ) replied to investors’ questions and answers, saying that according to the requirements of epidemic prevention in Shenzhen, from March 14 to 18, 2022, in addition to ensuring the basic operation of the city, people’s livelihood, emergency and other industries, government organs, enterprises and institutions with home office conditions should, in principle, work at home, in accordance with the relevant requirements announced by the municipal epidemic prevention and control headquarters, During this period, all employees of the company headquarters work at home.
Recently, due to the repeated and even aggravation of the epidemic in Shenzhen, the situation affected by the epidemic has become a concern of investors. On the investor interactive platform, there have been many questions about the company’s situation affected by the epidemic in Shenzhen.
Hl Corp (Shenzhen)(002105) ( Hl Corp (Shenzhen)(002105) ) said in reply to investors’ questions and answers recently that the company’s current production and operation are in normal operation. Except that the shortage of shipping containers and the delay of shipping schedule continue, others are not affected by the epidemic.
As for how to calculate the wages of workers during the shutdown period caused by the epidemic, the press conference on epidemic prevention and control in Shenzhen on March 9 has made it clear that if the employer arranges workers to provide normal labor through telephone, Internet and other means, the wages shall be paid according to normal labor; If the employer arranges workers to take paid annual leave, they shall pay wages in accordance with relevant regulations.
If the laborer cannot provide normal labor through other means and has not taken leave, consult with the laborer with reference to the relevant provisions on wage payment during shutdown: if it is in a wage payment cycle, the wage shall be paid according to the wage standard agreed in the labor contract; For more than one wage payment cycle, the employer shall pay living expenses, which shall not be lower than 80% of the minimum wage standard of Shenzhen.
