China’s technology hub Shenzhen on Monday ordered the closure of the world’s largest electronics wholesale market to contain a recent spike in coronavirus cases in the southern city, amid a call by a leading Chinese think tank for a change in the country’s ‘zero-Covid’
China's southern technology hub of Shenzhen has shut down Huaqiangbei district, home to the world's largest electronics wholesale market, as local authorities strengthened measures to contain a fresh Covid-19 outbreak, causing fresh disruptions to local supply chains. Merchants in the district woke up on Monday (Aug 29) to the notice saying that the area will be closed through Thursday. All.
A major tech hub in China has been forced to shut down due to fresh COVID-19 cases on the rise. The largest electronics wholesale market in the world, located in the Huaqiangbei area, has been shut down by local authorities in Shenzhen, southern China, due to new COVID-19 cases on the rise, according to a report by SCMP.