(Yicai Global) Feb. 10  -- Some 70 percent of Shanghai-based manufacturers have resumed normal  operations after the prolonged Spring Festival break despite the new  coronavirus outbreak, according to a municipal government bureau.

Some 80 percent of local  manufacturers intended to already begin working but 10 percent of them  have postponed the start, Zhang Ying, deputy commissioner at the  Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization said today,  citing the findings of a survey.

Among software firms, some 80 percent have returned to work but 70 percent of them have encouraged remote work.

Editor: Emmi Laine