98.6% of major industrial companies in China resume operations -  CGTN

As of March 28, 98.6 percent of China's major industrial enterprises have resumed production, representing an increase of 15.5 percentage points from February 23, said an official with the country's industry and information ministry on Monday.

Enterprises in China's major industrial provinces, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, are basically fully back on stream, said Xin Guobin, vice minister of industry and information technology.

In Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak in China, 95 percent of the major industrial enterprises have resumed operation, and 70 percent of the employees have returned to work, said Xin.

Driven by some leading enterprises, a large number of small and micro-enterprises (SMEs) have accelerated the resumption of work and production with an operation rate of 76 percent, he added.

The reinstatement rate of employees has also improved. Over 90 percent of employees have returned to work in the steel and electronics industries, and 70 to 90 percent of those in the textile, automotive, machinery and light industries have resumed work.