By Sarah Wu

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Foxconn Chairman Liu Younger-way departed on Tuesday for a four-day inspection of the corporate’s iPhone plant in Zhengzhou, China, a supply with direct data of the matter mentioned.

This will likely be Liu’s first go to to the world’s largest Apple (NASDAQ:) iPhone manufacturing facility in his function as chairman, and his predominant objectives are to assessment circumstances after the resumption of manufacturing and to extensively change views, the supply mentioned.

Foxconn, formally referred to as Hon Hai Precision Business Co, declined to remark. The supply declined to be recognized as they weren’t authorised to talk to the media.

The Taiwanese firm’s iPhone plant was hit late final 12 months by a COVID-19 outbreak that prompted hundreds of employee departures and unrest, in addition to manufacturing disruptions.

In January, Foxconn mentioned output at its Zhengzhou plant had “mainly returned to regular.”

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