Millions of Chinese workers are streaming back to factories, shops and offices but many still face anti-coronavirus controls that add to their financial losses and aggravation.
In this Thursday, April 2, 2020, photo, a woman holding a child walks away from the expressway gate at the border of Wuhan city in central China's Hubei province. In Wuhan police require a health check and documents from employers for returning workers.
Beijing told companies to keep paying employees and promised loans and other aid. But millions of migrants, day laborers and others without regular jobs need to return to work before they can start getting paid after two idle months. Chinese officials say state-dominated industries such as steel are almost back to normal production. But many private employers — the sector that generates most of China’s jobs and wealth — say they are operating at a fraction of normal levels in part because employees haven’t come back to work.
Wuhan, a city of 11 million people in Hubei province, is the industrial and transportation hub of central China. Cai Luo, a saleswoman for an internet company in Wuhan, was returning from her nearby hometown of Huanggang.
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