22nd May, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, said on Friday that it had sent 300 more workers to China.
The company sent South Korean engineers and workers to complete the expansion of its second chip manufacturing facility there amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The move came a month after Samsung dispatched 200 engineers to the Xian plant in Shaanxi Province.
Under a fast-track entry system approved by South Korea and China, the said workers will be exempted from 14-day mandatory isolation.
They will, however, still need to be quarantined for three days even after they all test negative for the virus.
Earlier this week, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned home from his trip to the Xian plant.
The Xian plant is Samsung’s only foreign memory chip factory that makes 3D NAND flash products.
The South Korean tech giant last year revealed it will invest an additional U.S.$8 billion in the plant for expansion.