Around July 20, Henan was hit by heavy rains, and Zhengzhou City suffered from serious waterlogging, which affected railways, highways, and civil aviation. In the evening of the same day, Foxconn officials stated that “Currently operations are normal and will continue to pay attention to the situation.” According to Times Finance, Foxconn has three factories in Zhengzhou, namely Zhengzhou Airport Factory, Economic Development Zone, and Zhongmu County. Among them, the Economic Development Zone and the Zhongmu County plant are currently operating normally, but the Zhongmu County plant has ceased operations due to heavy rain.
On July 23, the relevant person in charge of Foxconn responded to Times Finance and stated that in response to the Zhengzhou water situation, the group has activated the response mechanism as soon as possible, taking the protection of colleagues as the primary principle, and continuing to do a good job in employee care and safe production. The personnel in the Zhengzhou Park are currently safe, and the group will adjust operations according to changes in water conditions.
In addition, the other party added that “Zhongmu Park, a subsidiary of FIT, has serious network flooding. It has 1,700 employees and mainly produces PC connectors. The main factories producing smartphones have not been significantly affected. Water accumulates on the periphery of the park.”
Around July 21, many netizens posted on Weibo saying that they had lost contact with their relatives and friends who worked at Foxconn.
“I lost contact with my daughter-in-law at 7pm on the 20th. She was in the processing zone of the Foxconn Economic and Technological Development Zone in Zhengzhou, her new work unit. The phone and WeChat were not returned for 24 hours. I can’t go out. The situation there.” On the morning of the 21st, a netizen posted a Weibo request for help.
A number of Foxconn employees told Times Finance that there was no water accumulation in the economic development zone and the airport factory.
Later, Times Finance contacted the above-mentioned netizen on Weibo for help. They said, “The signal in the factory in the Economic Development Zone is not good, and water is coming. It is safe. Now I must still go to work normally.”
A Foxconn employee at the airport factory told Times Finance and Economics, “It’s okay here, it’s more than 20 kilometers away from the city. It may be because of busy working hours or sleeping. Foxconn has two shifts, half of the night shift, half of the day shift, and maybe night shift. Is sleeping.”
In addition, Foxconn in Zhongmu County is more seriously affected.
On July 20, the Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters of Zhongmou County issued a notice that due to the danger of the upstream reservoir, the flood will be released on the evening of July 20. The people in the county town, Guandu Town, Hansi Town and other districts will all stay at home (except for public servants who perform official duties). ), it is forbidden to go out. After receiving the evacuation notice, all people in the dangerous area must immediately evacuate.
The 4th National Cotton Factory leased by the Zhongmu Foxconn Factory has a low terrain. A former employee said that every time it rained heavily before, the outside water would be poured back.
On the afternoon of July 21, a Foxconn employee in Zhongmu County told Times Finance and Economics, “Today the road area is too deep, some people get off work early, and the accommodation area is close to go back. There are also some people who are far away. Yes, we usually pick up and drop off by bus from the factory area, but yesterday (July 20) the heavy rain kept falling. The road surface was watery and it was too dangerous to get dark. Some buses did not depart, and some people slept on the bus all night. At around eight o’clock in the morning, a staff member organized a bus to take us back to the staff dormitory.”
There was also a power outage in the staff dormitory.
On the 21st, another person familiar with the matter told Times Finance and Economics, “Zhongmu Foxconn was cut off from water and electricity, and the first floor of the dormitory was half full of water. It was necessary to run the high-rise floor shop. Even if you go down, the surrounding shops will be open It was sold out and there were no supplies. There was no signal in the building, and I couldn’t make phone calls or connect to the Internet. The sewers overflowed and the toilets were full.”
Some people with mobile phones have contacted their family members to pick them up.
On July 22, a person with a relative at Foxconn in Mou County told Times Finance and Economics, “I took my sister back at noon today and everything is safe. When I went there, the water level in the factory was at the thigh level. The water and electricity were cut off for the past two days. There is no food. Since last night, all the employees who can leave have left.”
More people had no choice but to wade out of the dormitory.
The following is a self-report of a female Foxconn worker in Zhongmou County, Zhengzhou on July 22. She described her experience of wading and taking a ride all the way to her home 30 kilometers away, which lasted 8 hours. The content was compiled by Times Finance:
I am an employee of the Foxconn factory in Zhongmu, and I usually live in the employee dormitory. Here began to “spray water” at 5 or 6 pm on July 20. At that time, I just entered the dormitory from the factory area, and the water was already knee-deep. In the evening, my roommate and I went out for dinner, when the water reached my thighs.
The next day (July 21) the rain stopped, but there was a deep accumulation of water on the road, reaching the stomach. There is also stagnant water on the first floor of the dormitory. There are no people on the first floor, only shops. Everyone didn’t come out that day, and there were no supplies. Fortunately, our dormitory usually stocks some snacks and reserves food.
Yesterday (July 21) the dormitory was powered off. It is said that I was afraid of power leakage. My mobile phone was also turned off at 9 AM yesterday, and my family could not be contacted. Today, the water level receded to the thigh, and heard from others that it might not recede again. Because we were afraid of raining, at around 7 o’clock this morning, four people in our dormitory walked along the road to Zhengzhou city.
When the door left the factory, the ground was wet and there was no stagnant water. Water began to appear only after getting on the high speed. We walked in the water for a while, forgetting how long it was, so we walked step by step, and got in the car by 11 o’clock.
I heard that there are some private cars on the side of the road that will take people home, but more of them are trucks and other trucks. Truck drivers are asking for an outrageous price, about 50 yuan per person, usually only a dozen yuan. At that time, it was not easy for a truck driver to see our girls and said that they could send us to Zhengzhou Railway Station at normal prices. But later, the family members helped me contact a taxi to pick me up. There was a traffic jam on the road, and I arrived home at about 3 in the afternoon.
One thing that is more chilling is that we passed by a place similar to an office in the morning and looked at the decoration very impressively. We wanted to go in and charge the phone. But the gatekeeper only allowed us to charge outside the door, not let in, and also told “Don’t let others see you.” I was not the only person outside at the time, many people were wading.
When I left, there were still many people in the dormitory building, because some of them were in other places, so they really couldn’t go. However, today (July 22) around 4 o’clock in the afternoon, rescuers and some relatives and friends have delivered supplies here. I just saw it in the group of the factory area. Now the canteen is piled up for food. for drink.
At present, the factory has not notified the official working hours, just let us wait first. Those who can go home go home first, and those who can find rescue seek rescue first.
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