Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province, is the provincial capital that is 
the closest to the epicenter Wuhan. Faced with the outbreak of the "novel 
coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)", while making efforts on epidemic control and 
prevention, Changsha also launched multiple measures to help enterprises to 
resume work and production and to lighten the economic impact caused by the 
epidemic. 

According to the Publicity Department of CPC Changsha Municipal Committee, 
Implementation Plan on Effectively Reduce Impact of Epidemic and Stabilize 
Economic Operation was launched to beef up the vitality of market entities; 
twenty measures supporting the small and medium enterprises were introduced to 
ensure no one falls behind; over 4200 civil servants were designated to 
enterprises as epidemic prevention liaisons to help resume work and production; 
sixty-one teams headed for the poverty-stricken areas to hire workers for 
specific enterprises to resume work and production.

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Thanks to the strong measures, Changsha, the "city of intelligent 
manufacturing", was revived. In the factory of Sany Heavy Industry, nearly one 
hundred intelligent robots work in order. The first batch of overseas orders of 
excavators and bulldozers from Zoomlion Heavy Industry was sent to south-east 
Asia. The China-Europe freight train (Changsha) headed for Europe and central 
Asia with mechanical products, automotive parts and home appliances with Hunan 
features, and brought back woods and milk powder from Europe to China. From 
January to February, the running China-Europe freight trains increased by 
142.8% on a year-on-year basis.

Changsha continuously optimizes its business environment and expands the 
support of finance to the real economy. Recently, Changsha held conference 
between banks and enterprises, with the theme "Battling Epidemic with Financial 
Measures". Fifty enterprises signed 48 projects with 14 banks, amounted to 50.2 
billion RMB. The pragmatic measures smoothed the platform for the connection 
between enterprises and banks, and solved the pressing problems of enterprises. 
According to incomplete statistics, since the prevention and control of the 
epidemic, banks in Changsha added 153 billion RMB credit extension to nearly 
4000 enterprises and granted loans of 89 billion RMB. Focusing on developing 
"Three Smart and One Self-control" (smart device, smart internet-connected 
automobiles, smart terminals, self-control and information security) and 22 
superior industry chains, Changsha provided a richer, stronger and more 
convenient financial support to the real economy, which promoted the 
sustainable and high-quality development of Changsha economy.

According to local statistics, till March, 1st, 98.3% enterprises above 
designated size in Changsha resumed work, all key industrial enterprises 
resumed work, 87% foreign-funded enterprises above designated size returned to 
work, all the new projects among the major project started to work, and 94.3% 
of unfinished projects resumed work.

Located at the central China region, Changsha, the capital city of Hunan 
Province, is a famous cultural city with thousand-year history. It is an 
important city in the Yangtze River Economic Zone and enjoys such reputations 
as "the capital of engineering machinery" and "China's Happiest Cities.

SOURCE: The Publicity Department of CPC Changsha Municipal Committee