{"id":817,"date":"2022-05-17T17:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gochambers.com\/globalupdates\/?p=817"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T09:16:24","slug":"china-meets-with-foreign-chambers-as-lockdowns-hit-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gochambers.com\/globalupdates\/economic\/china-meets-with-foreign-chambers-as-lockdowns-hit-business\/","title":{"rendered":"China Meets With Foreign Chambers as Lockdowns Hit Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Representatives of foreign companies in China were expected to meet the nation\u2019s commerce minister to discuss the impact of Covid controls, as outbreaks and lockdowns spread across the country and damage the economy.<\/p>\n

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao will meet representatives from American, European, Japanese and other chambers of commerce Monday, according to Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. The meeting will be a chance for members of the foreign business community to share their concerns with senior Chinese officials and shows the urgency of the current situation, Wuttke said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I care about is that they listen,\u201d Wuttke said.<\/p>\n

AmCham Shanghai declined to comment. AmCham China didn\u2019t respond immediately to a request for comment Monday. The Commerce Ministry also didn\u2019t respond to a similar request.<\/p>\n

The Chinese government has so far shown no sign of abandoning the strategy championed by President Xi Jinping, even as fresh data showed that the lockdowns have begun to\u00a0damage\u00a0the economy. A commentary published on the front page of the Communist Party\u2019s People\u2019s Daily newspaper Monday\u00a0reaffirmed\u00a0support for the \u201ccorrect and effective\u201d policy and urged the country to unite \u201cmore closely around the party\u2019s leadership with Xi Jinping as the core.\u201d<\/p>\n