OREANDA-NEWS. The work of the Toyota concern in China, including joint ventures with Chinese companies, will be suspended until February 10. This was reported on Wednesday by the Nikkei newspaper.

In particular, we are talking about a plant in Tianjin and Guangzhou, where more than 600 thousand cars are produced annually. Now enterprises do not work because of the holidays on the occasion of the New Year on the lunar calendar. It was planned to resume work on February 3, however, due to the spread of pneumonia of a new type, the dates were shifted. The final decision to resume work will be made later.

Toyota also decided to donate 10 million yuan (about $ 1.4 million) of medical masks and other first aid supplies to China. Previously, Honda Corporation announced the suspension of its two motorcycle factories in China.