According to the “Notice on Issuing the Second Batch of Key Enterprise “White Lists”” by the Office of the Shanghai New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group (Shanghai Pneumonia Prevention and Control Office [2022] No. 499), Shanghai recently launched the second batch of 1,188 enterprises “Whitelist” companies. On this basis, some districts have also promoted the resumption of work of a group of qualified enterprises. Among them, the list of Pudong New District is as follows:
Zhang Hongtao, chief engineer of the Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission, said that in accordance with the principle of focusing on key points and advancing in an orderly manner, we will continue to ensure the recovery of key industrial chains such as automobiles, integrated circuits, biomedicine, and new chemical materials. Shanghai insists on leading the industry with leading enterprises and leading the chain with points, driving the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and supply chain to gradually achieve coordinated resumption of work.
The number of “whitelist” companies has reached nearly 2,000
Several coating and chemical companies were shortlisted
The Paint Purchasing Network noticed that the second batch of “white lists” included many paint and chemical companies. Such as Nippon Paint (China) Co., Ltd., Nippon New Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai International Paint Co., Ltd., BASF Catalyst (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shendeou Co., Ltd., etc., Dow Chemical, Linde Gas, The local branches or subsidiaries of many overseas chemical companies such as Celanese and SABIC are also on the “white list”.
In mid-April, the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Technology Commission issued the “Shanghai Industrial Enterprises Resumption of Work and Production Epidemic Prevention and Control Guidelines (First Edition)” and issued the first batch of “white lists”, allowing 666 companies to resume operations on April 20. Restart work on the same day, or obtain guarantees for resumption of work. The coatings and chemical companies that entered the first batch of whitelists include Axalta Coating Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huayi Energy and Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Huntsman Polyurethane (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., etc., as well as Henkel, Local branches or subsidiaries of overseas chemical companies such as Covestro and Evonik.
There are now nearly 2,000 companies on the “white list” for resumption of work in Shanghai. Although the second batch has only announced a list of a few hundred companies in Pudong New Area, it is expected that the lists in other areas will also include many coating and chemical companies in the future. After all, in Shanghai In this international metropolis, there are many domestic and international paint companies. For example, the Chinese headquarters or branches of foreign-funded enterprises such as AkzoNobel, PPG, Sherwin-Williams, Jotun, Hempel, China Tu Chemical, Kansai Paint, Jinlitai, Asia Energy, Weikai, Huayi Refining, Dongfang Come to paint and other local paint companies.
The resumption rate exceeds 80%, with 40,000 employees returning to work
The “three major problems” in resuming work and production are gradually being solved
Many coating and chemical companies have previously reported that it is difficult to resume work. The difficulties include not only the cooperation and operating rates of other upstream and downstream companies in the industry chain, but also the return of personnel and logistics issues. At present, the Shanghai region is overcoming these “three major problems” one by one, striving to ensure the resumption of work and production in key industries such as the chemical industry and create a green channel.
It is worth noting that the current resumption rate of the first batch of “whitelist” companies exceeds 80%, and SAIC Group’s OEMs and Tesla have steadily achieved batch rollout of complete vehicles; the capacity utilization rates of SMIC and Huahong Group have continued to increase. Maintaining above 90% has effectively promoted the resumption of work and production of related supporting enterprises. The local government is also vigorously promoting the resumption of work and production in supporting industries. In other words, there has been some progress in the resumption of supporting industries in the industrial chain.
The return of personnel to work is a concern for enterprises and is also one of the difficulties in resuming work and production. In order to facilitate the return of key enterprise personnel, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology has used digital methods to enable electronic “resumption of work certificates” on the “Sui Application”, which integrates identity information, unit information, nucleic acid negative certificates within the validity period and other information. Returning employees The release will be achieved by “showing proof” to the community, and point-to-point fully closed-loop return to work through company-specific cars and other means. At present, more than 10,000 “resumption certificates” have been issued, and more than 40,000 new people have returned to work in key enterprises in the city.
In terms of alleviating logistics and transportation problems, Shanghai has implemented the national requirements for ensuring smooth logistics and promoting the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain for enterprises in the transportation and supply of raw materials and parts, and helps enterprises open up transportation and logistics inside and outside the city by applying for vehicle passes. At the same time, with the support of brother provinces and cities, special inter-provincial work teams have been formed around industries with high logistics demand such as automobiles and chemicals. Inter-provincial production material transfer stations have also been set up to open up regional production material transportation channels under the premise of epidemic prevention and safety. .
According to the Paint Purchasing Network, many chemical companies have resumed work and production. Shanghai Huayi New Materials operates 24 hours a day, with 700 employees stationed in the factory for production. Starting from April 22, the second phase of the equipment is increasing its load by 50%. 3M���Having gathered the strength of the entire company, actively allocating resources, and making every effort to organize and ensure the closed-loop production of anti-epidemic materials, 3M China’s production capacity has exceeded the pre-closure level on April 1, and the total output of medical masks since April has exceeded 1 million. BASF Polyurethanes Company efficiently completed various inspections and releases of goods before export, ensuring that the goods were loaded and unberthed on time and ensuring the company’s continued production and operations.
Shanghai has achieved social cleanup, and more companies are expected to resume work and production.
Although issues such as resumption of work in supporting industries, personnel arrivals, and logistics issues have all been advanced, many companies are still wary of the epidemic and are worried about the gathering of employees and the flow of drivers after resumption of work. In terms of epidemic prevention and control, there has been good news in Shanghai recently.
From 00:00 to 24:00 on April 29, Shanghai had 1,249 new confirmed cases of local new coronavirus pneumonia and 8,932 asymptomatic infections. Among them, 985 confirmed cases were the result of previous asymptomatic infections, 264 confirmed cases and 8,932 asymptomatic infections. The reporter discovered during the isolation control, which also means that Shanghai achieved a social cleanup on the first day. This means that the development of the epidemic has reached a landmark turning point. As long as the results continue to be consolidated, the conditions for social liberalization will gradually be met.
Nowadays, Shanghai is vigorously helping enterprises to overcome the difficulties and blockages in resuming work and production. By establishing a problem list, sales mechanism, supply chain red and yellow light mechanism, etc., it promotes the resumption of work and production of key enterprises that meet the epidemic prevention requirements, and ensures that resumption of enterprises does not stop production. This has also played a certain role in promoting the increase in vitality of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Belt around Shanghai. It is foreseeable that with Shanghai as the center and radiating to the north, south and east, more supporting enterprises in the chemical industry chain will gradually recover and the resumption rate will be higher. It will also rise in an orderly manner. The Paint Purchasing Network reminds everyone not to have a lay-down mentality during the epidemic, but to prepare raw material reserves and other arrangements in advance to be fully prepared for the full resumption of work and production.
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