Et enkelt tal viser, hvor ødelæggende for samfundet den kinesiske covid-lockdown er. Det er Shanghai, der har været hårdest ramt med en total lockdown af knap 25 millioner indbyggere. I april faldt industriproduktionen med 61,5 pct. Shanghai er Kinas vigtigste industri- og eksportregion. 30 pct. af alle dele til bilsektoren og 40 pct. af alle chips i Kina produceres dér.
Shanghai April industrial output plunges 61.5% y/y – local stats bureau
Output of Shanghai’s industries, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, shrank 61.5% in April from a year earlier, the local statistics bureau said on Friday, slammed by a city-wide COVID lockdown.
That compared with a 7.5% drop in March.
Shanghai, where plants of companies including Tesla and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp are based, accounts for 30% of China’s key auto components manufacturing and 40% of chipmaking capacity.
