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Shenzhen, the factory of the world in slow motion

2022-03-20T20:39:03.096Z


The authorities are easing the pressure on this industrial heartland, which has been confined for a week, so as not to weigh on the Chinese economy, which is already weakened.


A suitcase and makeshift metallic beds assembled in an emergency, directly on the bitumen.

The Foxconn workers discover their new dormitory, at the start of the great journey decreed by Omicron.

In Shenzhen, the subcontractor for Apple and the world's biggest electronics brands has chosen to install thousands of workers day and night at the factory to partially resume production halted following containment. decreed on March 14 in the great metropolis of southern China.

With the help of dormitories and canteens, the Taiwanese subcontractor is installing its workers in a sealed “bubble”, away from the 13 million inhabitants banned from leaving this week, in the face of the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic, the strongest recorded in China since the onset of the pandemic.

The manufacturer hopes to absorb the shock thanks to its forty sites across the country, in particular in Zhengzhou, where 40% of its iPhones are produced.

But he is already counting on a contraction of his income in 2022, so…

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Source: lefigaro

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