CMA CGM Group’s Greater China leadership teams are closely monitoring the situation as part of our strong commitment to ensure the safety of our employees whilst working towards mitigating any possible impact to our customers’ operations.
The situation as of today, January 31st, 2020 is as follows:
Lunar New Year holiday extension
According to a Central Government directive issued on January 27th, the Lunar New Year holiday is extended to February 2nd in Mainland China. All companies in Mainland China have been requested not to re-open their premises until Monday, February 3rd.
The local governments are permitted to adjust the Lunar New Year holidays based on the local situation in the needs of Novel Coronavirus control. As per today, the following municipalities and provinces have announced the further extension of the holidays till February 9th:
• Shanghai Municipality
• Chongqing Municipality
• Jiangsu Province
• Zhejiang Province
• Guangdong Province
• Yunnan Province
• Fujian Province
• Sichuan Province
• Jilin Province
• Anhui Province
• Shandong Province
• Jiangxi Province
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