Worker builds ship as company rushes orders after May Day
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Updated · Global Times · May 6
Worker builds ship as company rushes orders after May Day
3 articles · Updated · Global Times · May 6
On May 6, the first workday after the holiday, staff at a Yangzhou shipbuilding company in Jiangsu resumed production with high energy.
Workers were busy across the site, pushing ahead with manufacturing to meet order schedules in what state media described as a bustling scene.
The report highlights a post-holiday return to industrial activity in eastern China, with shipbuilding production quickly restarting after the May Day break.
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