The Xiamen National Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone provides preferential financial services and ensures sustainable development. [Photo/xm.gov.cn]

Some key industrial parks in East China’s Fujian province have recently restored normal business operation and production, according to local media reports Feb 17.

The Fuzhou Software Park, in the capital city of Fujian province, is home to more than 700 high-tech enterprises and tens of thousands of employees.

Faced with the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the park has rolled out series of measures to help enterprises return to normal production, such as setting up an online management system for employees to apply for passes to go back to work.

According to statistics released by the park, more than 90 percent of enterprises in the park have applied to resume production.

The online management system can gather existing data about the epidemic and potential safety risks, with the aim of actively sharing dynamic information and ensuring enterprises resume work in an orderly manner.

In addition, the system also offers online ordering services with non-contact delivery, in order to allow workers to dine in safety and curb the spread of the virus as people return to work.

The Xiamen National Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone also provides preferential financial services and ensures sustainable development.

Small and medium-sized enterprises in the zone will have their rent waived in the first month after the return to work, and halved for March and April in an effort to reduce companies' costs. It is expected that the zone will offer overall rent reductions worth about 50 million yuan ($7.16 million).

Additionally, the zone also provides necessary protective materials for companies, including face masks, disinfectant and cleaning products.

So far, the zone has supplied companies with 2.5 metric tons of disinfectant fluid and 1 ton of ethyl alcohol to help them resume normal operation as soon as possible.

Thanks to the zone’s greater efforts, 61 enterprises out of 67 in the zone had gone back to orderly production by Feb 15.