Employees from SAIC Motor work on the production line at Lingang base in Shanghai. Photo: Courtesy of SAIC Motor

More than 700 vehicles from four brands under top Chinese automaker SAIC Motor rolled off the production line at its Lingang base as of Saturday since April 19 after the company resumed operation, the company told the Global Times on Saturday. 

According to a statement sent to the Global Times by SAIC Motor, more than 4,000 employees have returned to their positions at its Lingang base in Shanghai amid strict epidemic prevention measures. The company is planning to adopt a single-shift work system. 

SAIC Motor resumed factory production on April 18 following the guideline unveiled by local authorities earlier, and the first vehicle after the resumption completed production on April 19, the company said, noting that the completion of the 700 vehicles from brands such as Roewe will be able to meet both the domestic and export demands. 

A total of 60 enterprises based in Anting Town, Shanghai’s Jiading district have resumed production as of Saturday, and most of them are core enterprises in the automotive industry chain, the paper.cn reported on Saturday. 

Anting Town has been implementing a series of support measures for 45 parts and components enterprises in the industrial chain. The resumption of work and production at these companies will not only solve the urgent needs of SAIC Motor, Tesla and other car companies, but will also contribute significantly to stabilizing the supply chain of the nation’s auto industry. 

Shanghai’s deputy mayor Zhang Wei said on Saturday at a press conference that 70 percent of the 666 enterprises on the “whitelist” of key firms, including SAIC Motor and Tesla, have resumed work and production with an increasing production capacity. 

FedEx also told the Global Times on Saturday that the company will resume accepting international shipments to Shanghai Pudong International Airport on April 25 as the local situation improved.