Beijing: Making life difficult for ordinary people Government’s ‘Zero-Covid’ policy Authorities put 1 million people under lockdown after Chinese President Xi Jinping praised him at the party congress. Shongyuan district of Zhengzhou, the iPhone production hub, has been closed since yesterday to prevent the spread of covid. It is advised that people should not leave their homes except for the covid test. The decision not to open non-essential services has also worried big companies. The iPhone plant is outside the district.
Meanwhile, discussions on various issues are continuing in the party congress. Xi yesterday called for the Chinese people to move together. Xi held talks with representatives from southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang region yesterday. It will also continue the party’s success in advancing and expanding modernization in the country.
Xi said that the Chinese Communist Party has achieved great success and secured gains in the fight against corruption. After warning that the population rate will at least be negative for the country’s economy in the future, Xi stated that special policies will be formulated to increase the birth rate in the country. Currently, China has a very large population of elderly people. Until 2015, China followed a one-child policy.
At the same time, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said it would delay the release of the country’s third-quarter economic growth figures amid the ongoing party congress. There were reports that China may release the figures today.