Chengdu issued 20 policies to help local businesses effectively prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic and ensure the stable operation of local economy on February 6.
The measures involve strengthening the epidemic prevention and control, encouraging businesses to resume production orderly, strengthening financial and tax supports, increasing assistance to businesses to offer stable employment, expanding investment in projects, stabilizing household consumption and developing the types of the new economy.
According to the statistics from the Chengdu Municipal Development and Reform Commission, as of February 22, the construction of 338 key projects in the city had been resumed, accounting for 47.9% of the projects which had been completed, expanded and newly started. On the day, 11,697 employees working with the major projects returned to their posts. And a total of 48,896 people had returned to work by the day.
10,380 local industrial enterprises with 689,000 employees had resumed production by February 22, with a daily net increase of 779 enterprises and 42,000 workers than the previous day.
Up to February 22, 4,355 construction sites with a staff of 53,642 had restarted their work, making up 81.9% of the city's total.
In addition, 437 of the 547 major agricultural businesses have resumed production, accounting for 79.89% of the total.
Chengdu Resumes Construction of Venues for 2021 Summer Universiade
Chengdu is making greatest efforts to ensure safe and orderly resumption of construction of stadiums and venues for the 2021 Summer Universiade amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Feb 12, 2020
Rebuilding of Gymnasium Resumed for 2021 Summer Universiade
On February 16, the reconstruction of the Chengbei Gymnasium in the northern downtown of Chengdu was resumed.
Feb 19, 2020
Air China to Resume Chengdu-Frankfurt Flight on Feb.28
Air China will resume air service from Chengdu to Frankfurt on Feburary 28.
Feb 21, 2020
City Launches Customized Bus Service for Production Resumption
As of February 19, the Chengdu Public Transport Group has opened a total of 112 customized bus routes, with an average daily passenger flow of 16,080.
Feb 21, 2020
Sichuan Airlines to Resume Chengdu-Cairo and Chengdu-Tokyo Flights
Sichuan Airlines will resume air service from Chengdu to Tokyo on February 25 and Chengdu to Cairo on February 28.
