China’s new COVID-19 policy to help world economy: Philippine expert

A Philippine expert has said that China’s economy will likely see “robust recovery” and help boost global economic growth in 2023 as the country has adjusted its COVID-19 strategy according to the changing situation of the pandemic in a planned and science-based manner.

Given the relatively mild Omicron variant, a sound healthcare system and a largely vaccinated population in China, “I think that new policies on COVID-19 are one way of simulating and preparing for “a wider opening of the Chinese economy to the world in the near future,” Anna Malindog-Uy, vice president of the Manila-based think tank Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute, told Xinhua in a recent interview.

The optimized COVID-19 containment measures will not only “revitalize economic activities and investments in the country,” but also “benefit the wider international community,” she said.

“The outlook for the Chinese economy in 2023 is definitely…

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