So weve seen a year on year 6. 8 percent drop in chinas g. D. P. Which is really significant and quite in line with peoples expectations analysts expectations because the current virus control measures that the government put in place for a few weeks in february and march really saw the economy come to a standstill factories were closed businesses were closed hundreds of millions of people were stuck in doors and just to unpack that figure a bit more also manufacturing vestment in the 1st quarter was down 25 percent year on year Infrastructure Investment also down 20 percent retail sales down 19 percent so really at the more when the government is doing all it can to get the economy restarted the National Bureau of statistics has said that the economy faces new difficulties and new challenges but the long term growth of the economy shouldnt be affected well at the moment there are questions as to whether that can be possible because this is really taking chinas economy is really taking
Government told it was too slow to react to the Global Pandemic as the death toll rises by more than 800. 00. And we join paramedics risking their lives on the front line of latin americas biggest corona Virus Outbreak. The coronavirus pandemic has brought decades of Economic Growth in china to a halt its crossed a mystic product shrank for the 1st time since records began the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of war han with a pandemic is believed to have begun officials now say 50 percent more people died there than previously reported katrina you has this report from beijing. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the growth of the. Largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for the 1st quarter of 2020 chinas g. D. P. Contracted by 6. 8 percent that. The current external situation complex domestic demand remains comparatively Weak Companies still face difficulties such years insufficient deman
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