As the number of confirmed cases in China has reduced gradually, the Wuhan Municipal has issued a notice stating that all the city's cross-zone checkpoints will be canceled and the public transportation of Wuhan will be restored.

Wuhanese people who are stranded outside of the province are allowed to return to Wuhan as long as they have the health code and they are not required to provide a separate health certificate. Besides, the workers could go to work as long as they have a normal temperature, green health code and work certificate issued by the unit.

Cao Guangjing, deputy governor of Hubei, stated that the car producers and auto part suppliers in Wuhan would resume work. Wuhan-based enterprises that provide great contributions to the national and global industry chains and those intimately associated with the people's living are permitted to resume operation too.

According to Cao, such companies are of substantial importance to the industry chains and continued stoppages of their work could cause a major consequence. Wuhan is known as the "motor city" China, it is the major auto production base and the home to local joint ventures that produce Buick, Chevrolet, Renault, Peugeot, Honda, and others.

Companies on the "negative list", including cinemas, book stores, bars, gyms and restaurants, cannot resume work at Wuhan before the pandemic ends. Other enterprises can restart no earlier than March 21 in Wuhan, according to Cao. However, at the low-risk areas, all companies can resume their operations, while nationally or locally important companies and projects can restart operation in medium-risk areas, according to the official.

Nevertheless, as committed by Cao, there are several challenges in restarting factories, including complicated paperwork in getting migrant workers back to work, traffic restrictions and shortage of funds. Hopefully, the world economy would be improved soon.