Foreign Staff at EU Firms in Shanghai Still Unable to Return, Business Group Says

A man wearing a mask rides an escalator at the Lujiazui financial district in Pudong, Shanghai, China on Feb. 10, 2020. Aly Song/Reuters

SHANGHAI—Over half of European companies in China’s financial hub of Shanghai still have foreign staff who are unable to return after coronavirus border restrictions were imposed in March, a survey indicated on Thursday.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce said the survey, conducted in July, had received answers from 143 companies, or about a quarter of its members.