Companies 'snap up' laborers for work resumption

Yu Luna, deputy director of Shengzhou city's human resources and social security bureau, set off with 15 local companies on the first working day after the Spring Festival to recruit workers in other provinces, CCTV reported.

They went to Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou, which boast a large number of migrant workers.

Shengzhou has three major industries: clothing, machinery and kitchenware. In recent years, it has attracted renewable energy companies, which need a large number of workers. The pressure of production forced Yu and the companies to recruit workers as soon as possible. "If we set off late, the workers might go to other places," Yu said.

Last week, they hired enough. On Saturday, the city's resumption rate of work and production reached 96.7%.