On 20th July, floodwater submerged the city of Zhengzhou, in China's central Henan province. A year's worth of rain poured down on the city streets over three days, affecting millions of residents. Swire Coca-Cola Zhengzhou's plant was also seriously flooded. To ensure the safety of its more than 2,000 employees, the power supply was shut off, and production temporarily suspended, during the storm.
In addition to looking after its own employees, Swire Coca-Cola Zhengzhou also responded swiftly to carry out disaster relief operations, teaming up with Coca-Cola China to activate its "Clean Water 24" emergency drinking water supply mechanism, to deliver bottled drinking water to those in need. A team of 52 volunteers from the Zhengzhou plant delivered more than one million bottles of drinking water and Swire Coca-Cola Zhengzhou also donated RMB 5 million through the Zhengzhou Charity Federation for disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction.
