BEIJING (Kyodo) — Nissan Motor Co. said Friday it has resumed vehicle manufacturing after a one-and-a-half-month hiatus in the central Chinese province of Hubei, which has been hit hard by the rapidly spreading new coronavirus.
With the restart at its plant in Xiangyang, Nissan now has put all of its production bases in China back online, joining its two Japanese peers, Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., in restarting output in the world’s largest auto market.
Nissan initially aimed to reboot the Xiangyang plant on Feb. 24 at the earliest but was forced to extend the suspension on request from the Hubei provincial government.
The local government said Wednesday that some industries in the province can resume work as new virus cases there have fallen significantly.