A senior leader announced efforts to bolster growth and urged local leaders do more to keep the economy running.
Since the Omicron variant of the coronavirus arrived in China, the government has maintained harsh lockdowns, mass testing and border restrictions, arguing that such measures are needed to protect the population. Now, a senior leader in Beijing is flagging urgent concerns about the impact the policy is having on the country’s economy, which is the second largest in the world.
China’s “zero Covid” policies have triggered an economic slowdown that is in some ways worse than the one in early 2020 during the initial outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, the country’s No. 2 leader said on Wednesday as concerns grew over the impact of lockdowns.
During a teleconference with more than 100,000 officials across China, the country’s premier, Li Keqiang, announced efforts to...
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