In the past two years, China’s vigorous policies effectively controlled the spread of Covid-19 in many cities. How great an impact did these policies have on the economy? Which economic activities have been more severely affected and which have been relatively less affected? How can the country balance the relationship between epidemic control and stable growth in the future? The outbreak that started in December 2021 in Xi’an may shed some light.
The outbreak began to worsen in the middle of that month, with the number of new confirmed cases rising from low single digits in early December to 10 on Dec. 18.
