EconomyChina factories limp back to life a month after coronavirus hiatus
Doors reopen but labor shortage prevents full recovery
A Mengniu Dairy factory in Beijing. China's factories have restarted operations after an extended Lunar New Year break, but have not reached normal levels of production. © Reuters
TAKASHI KAWAKAMI and SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writers
GUANGZHOU/BEIJING -- China's factories have been back online for one month now after the Lunar New Year holiday was extended to cope with the outbreak of the new coronavirus, but a lack of workers has stopped them from returning to anywhere near normal operations.