Shenzhen authorities ordered manufacturers in the economic hub, including Apple suppliers, into a 7-day “closed-loop” production mode, as COVID-19 continues to spread in the city despite following the regime’s strict zero-COVID policy. The move has caused concerns about the possibility of longer mass lockdowns of factories like there were in Shanghai earlier this year.
Meanwhile, more mega cities are implementing partial lockdowns due to the resurgence of COVID-19, while officials are trying to lift some of the restrictions on international movement of people and goods to ease economic pressure.
According to a major mainland Chinese financial media Yicai, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology issued an official notice requiring major manufacturers, including some top 100 industrial enterprises that export products to the United States and western countries, to lockdown their factory areas and enter a “closed-loop” production for 7 days, starting on July 24. Among the companies affected are Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD, Apple supplier Foxconn, telecom giant Huawei and ZTE, semiconductor chip maker SMIC, and drone maker DJI….