What can UK business determine from the actions taken by the Chinese government?
26 Mar 2020, 7 min read
China reported the world’s official first case of COVID-19 in December 2019, attributing a fish market in Wuhan city centre as the epicentre. Over the last three months, the Chinese government has introduced wide-sweeping social and economic policies to attempt to flatten the curve of COVID-19 growth in the country, while keeping the country’s economy intact as best it can. Following three months of lock-down, working from home and targeted stimulus packages, China is beginning to relax many of these restrictions. What can the UK government and business learn from China’s efforts?
1) Lockdown
China was the first country to put its citizens in a state of lockdown to try and ‘contain’ the spread of the virus. The following steps were taken:
- By 23 January, a quarantine was placed on 15 cities inside China’s Hubei Province, including Wuhan, the provincial capital. People were ordered to stay inside their homes, private vehicle use was banned, and food and oth
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