Many provinces in southern China have restricted electricity one after another, and Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, where many small traders are located, has been issued a strict order to restrict electricity, and the city will be in darkness at night.
Comprehensive international media reported on Dec. 20 that three Chinese provinces, Zhejiang, Hunan and Jiangxi, have been implementing what is known as “pulling the plug and limiting electricity” from 13 to 15 under the name of “power saving initiative” and “orderly use of electricity”. The “power cut” is a mandatory measure. Among them, the official Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, even to the local enterprises to offer a strict “power restriction order”, “open three stop one”, “open two stop two” or even “open one stop four “, seriously affecting business operations, many enterprises are catching up with a large number of orders to digest a lot of suffering.
It is reported that many enterprises with the need to catch up on work have begun to buy diesel generators, looking forward to using independent power generation, to cope with production needs. News pointed out that these for diesel generators have an urgent need for more than the local foreign trade enterprises in Yiwu.
A foreign trade enterprises operating in Yiwu export business mentioned that the first half of this year basically did not make money, and even lost money, the second half of the year to seize the time to ship, “especially before the Spring Festival this period, was the peak season for foreign trade enterprises, foreign customers are also anxious to stock, this time the impact of power restrictions on business is certainly great, many companies can not deliver orders on time. ” The industry and said that if the timely delivery, the light will not earn money, the heavy will have to compensate customers.
Sources quoted a Yiwu Economic and Technological Development Zone, the relevant personnel pointed out that Yiwu local power restrictions are divided into four levels of ABCD, of which category A for large enterprises, almost unaffected by power restrictions, you can operate as usual; B, C category of enterprises gradually lengthened blackout time; D category of enterprises are completely stopped production.
Some Chinese financial media argue that Australian coal for power generation accounts for 57% of China’s imports, but China has suspended imports of Australian coal since November 6, and substitutes have not been replenished, resulting in a shortage of coal for power generation. Pro-officials argue that because of the slowdown in the epidemic, the economy has recovered and the production volume of enterprises has increased rapidly, leading to an increase in electricity consumption; in addition, the colder winter this year has increased the demand for heating, resulting in an increase in electricity and coal consumption.
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