Multinational corporations in Shanghai have implemented contingency plans to maintain production as the city's authorities have introduced measures to help businesses in the city return to normal operations.

Jiading district, Shanghai's automobile production hub, has taken various epidemic prevention and control measures to help local enterprises resume production.Read more

Machines have started to buzz again at carmakers including Tesla and Volkswagen in China after a hiatus of weeks because of COVID-19 outbreaks in the country's two major vehicle-producing cities.

Shanghai is on track to resume production and ensure smooth logistics following a COVID-related citywide lockdown since April 1, as the city moves to safeguard its industrial and supply chains.

Since April 1, Shanghai Volkswagen Powertrain Co, based in Jiading district, has been under closed-loop management, with over 530 staff and business partners staying in the factory to ensure production.

Since the start of the latest COVID-19 outbreak, Jiading district has developed guidelines for epidemic prevention and control for important production companies, as well as a company control methods for the new round of nucleic acid screening.

Shanghai Friday started its largest round of nucleic acid testing so far amid its efforts to contain the COVID-19 resurgence.

China's top economic planner has unveiled its latest blueprint for the hydrogen sector, which is expected to push the growth of the fuel cell vehicle industry in the world's largest vehicle market.