Economic impact of China’s COVID resurgence must be watched – statistics bureau

BEIJING – China has seen increasing positive changes in its economic performance backed up by surprisingly good economic data, but the impacts of the latest COVID-19 resurgence need to be watched, China’s statistics bureau spokesman said on Tuesday.

Despite the ongoing nationwide virus outbreaks, Fu Linghui, spokesman of China’s National Bureau of Statistics, told a press conference that he expected China’s economy to maintain relatively good performance in the first quarter.

(Reporting by Kevin Yao and Ellen Zhang; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)