Police officers stand near workers gathered outside Xuzhou Fengcheng Salt Chemical Co., following the plant's suspension of production, in Feng County, Jiangsu Province, China, on Oct. 8, 2026. (Courtesy of Chinese human rights monitor Yesterday/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)
On October 9, Fengcheng Salt Chemical Co., Ltd. in Fengxian County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, announced that it would no longer resume production and operation. Nearly a thousand workers faced job transfers or resettlement compensation. Workers revealed that everyone hoped to take the money and leave, and would take it one step at a time.