Zhengzhou Foxconn epidemic three facts you should know
Foxconn Technology Group is a high-tech enterprise specializing in 6C industries such as computers, communications, consumer electronics, digital content, automotive components, and channels. In 2021, the group's revenue was approximately RMB 1.35 trillion, an increase of 11.92% over 2020; the total import and export volume accounted for about 3.6% of mainland China's total imports, 3.2% of mainland China's total imports, and 3.9% of mainland China's total exports. In 2022, it ranked 20th among the top 500 in the world " Fortune ".
However, it is the Zhengzhou Park of this company (i.e. Foxconn Zhengzhou Science and Technology Park. Zhengzhou Foxconn has three factory areas in Zhengzhou, namely Zhengzhou Airport factory area, Economic and Technological Development Zone factory area, and Zhongmu County factory area. This round of epidemic occurred in the airport factory area). A serious epidemic has occurred since mid-October 2022. For a time, "rumors" were everywhere and people were panicked.
There are constant rumors about the epidemic in Zhengzhou Foxconn on the Internet. Because there are few official releases of epidemic information on Zhengzhou Foxconn, people are full of suspicion about the epidemic in Foxconn . There is doubt and worry, and there is panic in worry... There is indeed a need to analyze the rumors of the epidemic in Zhengzhou Foxconn.
According to rumors and reality, at present, there are at least three facts in the epidemic in Zhengzhou Foxconn that can be confirmed:
The first fact: The epidemic is indeed very serious, but the epidemic is generally controllable, and no severe illness has occurred
In response to the legend of the Internet that Foxconn in Zhengzhou has a serious epidemic, Foxconn Technology Group issued a statement on October 26 saying: "The 'about 20,000 people in Zhengzhou Park were confirmed' that circulated on the Internet was serious false information. At present, the production and operation in the park is relatively stable, and safety protection for on-duty employees continues to be carried out."
In the statement, although "about 20,000 people in Zhengzhou Park were confirmed" was "serious false information", Foxconn did not deny the epidemic. This shows that there is indeed an epidemic in the Foxconn Zhengzhou Park.
statement also stated, "The production and operation in the park are relatively stable, and safety protection for on-duty employees continues to be carried out." "Relatively stable production and operation" is not "stable production and operation", which shows that the epidemic has affected the stability of production and operation, and the natural epidemic is serious.
Foxconn's management and views on employees and the epidemic are unlike state-owned and private enterprises in mainland China. Zhengzhou Foxconn is the largest OEM manufacturer in Apple Asia. With fierce domestic and international competition in product , is unwilling to sacrifice huge commercial interests due to the epidemic. Under this circumstance, Foxconn "continues to do a good job in safety protection for on-duty employees" and attaches great importance to safety protection, which means that the epidemic in Zhengzhou Foxconn is serious. We have taken good safety protection for "on-working employees", but we did not say that the safety protection for employees who are not on-working employees is also indicating that Foxconn may not take into account the safety protection for employees who are not on-working in the face of the severe epidemic.
At 17:04 on October 30, "Zhengzhou released" said: "This round of epidemic spreads quickly, but the viral load is low. As of now, no severe infection has occurred in the Foxconn factory, and the epidemic is generally controllable. "
The second fact: Some employees "escape" from Foxconn Zhengzhou Park before, and are currently ensuring the resettlement of employees willing to return home and return home safely
More and more information shows that there are new infected people in the Foxconn factory every day, causing panic among employees and feeling that it is not safe to stay in the dormitory of the factory. As a result, some employees climbed over the high wall and "escape". It is better to hike dozens or even hundreds of miles back to my hometown to be isolated than stay in the dormitory, which shows that the workers feel that their lives and health are under threat. This is actually Foxconn was unable to take into account the "safety protection of non-working employees", which made these employees feel no sense of security, so they began to "escape".
How many people are "escape" are unknown, but "escape" is already a fact. In recent days, a "flight wave" has occurred in Foxconn, Zhengzhou, so many local governments have called for local Foxconn employees who are willing to go home. According to incomplete statistics, as of 22:30 on October 29, five places including Yuzhou City, Henan, Changge City, Qinyang City, , Xuchang Weidu District and Xihua County issued open letters to staff at Foxconn, stating that local household registration employees were ready to return to their hometowns. All localities have stated that those who really need to return home need to report in advance and implement "point-to-point" services and corresponding isolation measures.
Zhengzhou Foxconn has more than 200,000 employees. It is not true that a large number of employees "escape" is true, and a small number of "escape" is true. It is possible for a dormitory to "escape" because one person "escapes", but it is impossible for most dormitories to "escapes" on foot.
"escape" proves a fact: Zhengzhou Foxconn's epidemic prevention measures are not in place. Of course, after all, so many employees need to prevent the epidemic properly and have a complete guarantee of life, it is difficult to do it with the power of the company alone.
"escape" is not worthy of advocacy, and it cannot be followed. Because this will cause the epidemic to spill over, it will greatly increase the difficulty of epidemic prevention and control, the risk of epidemic spreading greatly increases, and the cost of prevention and control will also increase greatly. Of course, "escape" has "escape", so we should not blame these "escape" people in a "hindsight". "escape" on foot is also a helpless move by these people. We are not in that situation and are not qualified to stand on the "moral high ground" to accuse them.
Open letters from some local governments in Henan call for not only to minimize the degree of uncertain spread of the epidemic, but also to have humanistic care for working outside.
On the way to "escape" by Foxconn employees in Zhengzhou, we saw people along the way putting drinks and food on the road for those who "escape" to pick them up. This also allows us to see the precious kindness of our Chinese nation, and allows these "escape" to feel the most beautiful warmth in the world in helplessness and embarrassment.
Third fact: The local government has dispatched a working group to Foxconn, Zhengzhou, and the government, enterprises and employees are working together to solve the difficulties
The local government has dispatched a working group to Foxconn to solve the epidemic prevention and control problems.
As early as two weeks ago, Foxconn Zhengzhou Science and Technology Park had begun to strengthen epidemic prevention and control measures, but the measures are not effective enough and the guarantee has not kept up. This is the objective reason for the escape
On the morning of October 30, an administrative office worker from the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone of Foxconn said that after seeing the information of "escape" by employees online, he felt mixed feelings. He said: "I (now) are in the dormitory. Our factory has been in the closed-loop management of for more than ten days, and we are working point-to-point." At the same time, he said that the local government has dispatched a factory working group to Foxconn. They are working with relevant departments in Henan Province to hold a meeting to study corresponding measures.
110 On the afternoon of October 30, Foxconn's Intranet issued three notices in a row, and made guarantee arrangements for employees who voluntarily stayed in the company's factory and employees who were willing to return home.
On October 30, the Zhengzhou Airport Port District Epidemic Prevention and Control Command stated that Foxconn will organize personnel and vehicles in a unified manner and do its best to ensure that Foxconn employees return home safely.
On the afternoon of October 30, Foxconn said: "Caring for employees is the primary principle of the group's operation. At present, under the guidance of the government, the group's Zhengzhou Park is continuing to implement epidemic prevention measures, implementing closed-loop management, point-to-point commuting, daily nucleic acid and antigen screening, providing employees with three meals for free, adding 24-hour care hotlines, volunteer services and other employee care measures, and continuing to provide employees with the latest epidemic prevention information and publicity."
At 17:04 on October 30, "Zhengzhou released" said: "After this epidemic, the airport port area immediately entered an emergency state, formed a provincial and municipal expert guidance team, carried out epidemic risk assessment and situation analysis, and strengthen front-line disposal.”
Enterprises and governments work together to overcome the epidemic as soon as possible.
October 30, 2022
