Chinese Businessmen: Enterprises Are Struggling Under COVID-Zero Policy

Chinese Businessmen: Enterprises Are Struggling Under COVID-Zero Policy
People wait in line to give a sample for a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 at a testing site in Beijing, China on March 17, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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China is reporting numerous COVID-19 outbreaks around the country. Entrepreneurs complain that the zero-tolerance policy has locked their factories, employees, and transportation facilities. They’re worried their businesses will shutter soon.

Changchun

In northeastern China’s Changchun city, a transportation business owner Zhao (pseudonym) complained that all his drivers were locked-in at home, and the transport trucks were parked in the garage. There are no orders to fill because all his clients are under lockdown as well.
“We have been locked down at home for over one week. The [COVID-19] epidemic status here is like Wuhan (the world’s COVID-19 ground zero which was locked down for over two months) in early 2020,” Zhao told the Chinese-language Epoch Times on Mar. 18. “I earn nothing, but spend my savings every day.”
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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