Foremost, which is based in Nantong, a city 150km north of Shanghai in the eastern Jiangsu province, ahs yet to be able to return to full capacity. Photo: Foremost

Coronavirus hitting China’s manufacturing sector worse than Sars as Covid-19 slows production

Nantong-based Foremost have only managed to return to 80 per cent capacity with migrant workers struggling to return after the Lunar New Year holiday
The Chinese government has been keen for economic activities to resume after the outbreak, which has claimed over 1,300 lives and infected over 60,000 people

Topic | Coronavirus outbreak

Amanda Lee in Beijing

Published: 8:30pm, 14 Feb, 2020

Updated: 8:35pm, 14 Feb, 2020

Foremost, which is based in Nantong, a city 150km north of Shanghai in the eastern Jiangsu province, ahs yet to be able to return to full capacity. Photo: Foremost

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Amanda Lee

Beijing-based correspondent Amanda Lee covers markets and the economy for the Post, with an interest in China's economic and social landscape. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she joined the Post in 2017 and has previously worked for Thomson Reuters and Forbes.