Samsung sends 300 more workers to China for chip unit expansion

Seoul: Samsung Electronics has sent 300 more South Korean engineers and workers to China to complete the expansion of its second chip manufacturing facility there amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The move came a month after Samsung dispatched 200 engineers to the Xian plant in Shaanxi Province.

Samsung said the workers will be exempted from 14-day mandatory isolation under the “fast-track” entry system approved by South Korea and China, but they still need to be quarantined for three days even after they all test negative for the virus.

Last week, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned home from his trip to the Xian plant.