Production to be cut by half over 17 days
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/26
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A 17-day shutdown ordered by the government of the Chinese city
Kunshan (photo courtesy of song songroov). (By Wikimedia Commons)
of Kunshan (昆山) west of Shanghai to combat water pollution is hitting Taiwanese companies hard, reports said Tuesday.
The local government recently wrote to 270 companies with factories along the Wusong River (吳淞江), ordering them to cease all production for 17 days from December 25 to January 10 because the water quality in three locations in the river had been found to be worse than national and provincial standards, the Apple Daily reported.
Taiwanese companies targeted by the decision included food producer Uni-President Enterprises (統一), bicycle manufacturer Giant (巨大工業), technology giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (鴻海) and paper producer YFY (永豐餘) among others, according to the report, which emphasized Chinese and foreign companies were also affected. [FULL STORY]