China’s dynamic zero-COVID approach has not only quickly cut viral transmission in the shortest time possible but also brought tangible benefits to the whole world.
BEIJING — As the Omicron variant has posed severe challenges to the faltering global economic recovery amid surging infections,
China’s strong economic performance has been a boon for global economic stability and growth, said Cavince Adhere, a Kenya-based international relations scholar.Progress has been made in China’s latest battle with COVID-19. After weeks of arduous control and prevention efforts, community transmission has been cut in the cities of Jilin and Changchun in Jilin Province, where life is returning to normal and the resumption of production is accelerating.
China has seen an accelerated pace of resumption of work and production in key areas and industries. In Shanghai, 86.8 percent of enterprises of the 666 companies included in the first batch of the “white list” had resumed work by April 28. “By adhering to its dynamic zero-COVID approach, China has spared no efforts in safeguarding people’s lives and well-being, and has minimized the epidemic’s impact on economic and social development. It also plays a vital role in maintaining the stability of the global supply chain,” said Ma Yunjie, head of the factory of the gas springs manufacturer Stabilus’s branch in east China’s Zhejiang Province.
“The containment of sporadic COVID-19 resurgences has boosted the construction of overseas infrastructure with undisrupted exports,” said Wang Min, chairman of XCMG. “The machinery products of XCMG are actively facilitating the quick resumption of local production.” Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 25.6 percent year on year to 379.87 billion yuan in the first quarter of the year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.