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This morning, the most important news is undoubtedly that the Jilin Provincial Health Commission reported a new case of COVID-19 's epidemic. From 0 to 24:00 on March 12, 1412 new local confirmed cases were reported in the province, including Changchun City, Jilin City, Yanbian Prefecture and Siping City, and 744 new local asymptomatic infections in the province. among them, Jilin City has 697 cases, Changchun City 42 cases, Yanbian Prefecture 3 cases, Siping City 1 case and Meihekou City 1 case. The above infected persons have been transferred to designated medical institutions for isolation and treatment, and the close contacts and sub-close contacts of the above personnel have been tracked and checked, and control measures have been implemented, and terminal disinfection has been carried out on their lives and workplaces.

At the same time, a document issued by the Changchun Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, "in order to tie in with the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control in provinces and cities, FAW Group decided to stop production from March 13." The document points out that since March 13, in order to serve the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control in the province and the city, we will cooperate to complete the three rounds of nucleic acid testing tasks in the city as soon as possible, and cooperate to achieve dynamic zero clearance in the social aspect. FAW Group decided to stop production at all the five major vehicle factories, and initially planned to stop production until the 16th. The restart time of the production line will be determined according to the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control and the relevant requirements of provinces and cities.

As we all know, FAW Group is headquartered in Changchun, Jilin Province, with independent brands such as Red Flag, Pentium and Liberation, as well as joint venture brands such as Volkswagen, Audi and Toyota. For example, FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. Changchun Fengyue Co., Ltd. has two factories in the east and west, its Middle East plant mainly produces Lande Cool Luze and Prius models, while the West plant mainly produces RAV4 Rongfang models. After the Prius and Landcool Luze stopped production, the company produced only one RAV4 model. For example, the FAW-Volkswagen Audi Q plant, which began construction in December 2014 and was officially completed and put into production in March 2018, is mainly used to produce the new Audi Q5L and its derivative models, with an annual capacity of 150000 vehicles. In addition, FAW Pentium and FAW Red Flag also have vehicle factories in Changchun, including FAW Toyota, FAW-Volkswagen vehicle factories are basically in the Green Park.

According to the report of Changchun Municipal Health Commission, from 0 to 24:00 on March 12, there were 831 new confirmed cases in Changchun, including Jiutai District (565 cases), Jingyue District (153,30 cases), Changchun New District (24 cases), Dehui City (11 cases), Green Park (9 cases), Yushu City (9 cases), Gongzhuling City (7 cases), Chaoyang District (5 cases), Erdao District (4 cases), Nong'an County (4 cases), Jingkai District (4 cases), Kuancheng District (3 cases), Shuangyang District (2 cases) and Jakai District (1 case). It can be seen that compared with other areas, the number of epidemic cases in the Green Park is still relatively small, but based on the overall epidemic situation in Changchun, FAW Group decided to stop production for 4 days.

In February 2022, FAW-Volkswagen sales fell 9.6 per cent year-on-year to 104940 vehicles, FAW Toyota increased 23.0 per cent to 60313 vehicles, FAW Red Flag rose 46.1 per cent to 19002 vehicles, and FAW cars fell 60.8 per cent year on year to 2228 vehicles, according to FIFA data. Of course, the current epidemic prevention and control work is in a critical period and should not be taken lightly. It is suggested that the general public should wash their hands frequently and be ventilated frequently, try not to go to places with dense crowds and poor ventilation, consciously abide by epidemic prevention and control measures, and cooperate with prevention and control measures such as wearing masks, code testing, temperature measurement, and one-meter line. To be sure, the impact of the epidemic caused the factory to stop production, and the performance of FAW car companies in March was not optimistic, but compared with the "report card", the safety of people's lives and property is more important.

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