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Joe (Chao) Liu, GM of Fraisa China, and President of SwissCham Shanghai
Joe (Chao) Liu, GM of Fraisa China, and President of SwissCham Shanghai
Beijing’s rigid “zero-Covid” policy is likely to stay – possibly until early 2023
China sees itself fighting multiple surges of new infections with the highly transmissible Omicron variant.
Foreign business struggles with Covid- and Ukraine-related uncertainty
Several foreign chambers of commerce have conducted flash surveys over the past weeks to gauge the sentiment among their members.
Can China keep the “around 5.5%” growth target?
When China in March set the objective to reach “GDP growth of around 5.5 percent” in 2022, this was already seen as quite a stretch.
One year into the 14th FYP: Policy challenges on many fronts amid a volatile context
Recent developments and policies may compound to the risk that the current FYP won’t be able to progress according to plan.