{"id":34450,"date":"2022-10-14T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34450"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:55:58","slug":"no-end-in-sight-for-chinas-zero-covid-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/no-end-in-sight-for-chinas-zero-covid-policy","title":{"rendered":"No end in sight for China’s zero-Covid policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liang Wannian, a head official on the National Health Commission\u2019s Covid-19 response team, has said China’s zero-Covid policy could continue beyond the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

China.- Liang Wannian<\/strong>, a senior official of the National Health Commission’s Covid-19 response team, has suggested in an interview with the state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) that China’a zero Covid-19 policy could continue beyond the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interview, Liang admitted that authorities could not commit to a definite timetable<\/strong> for any policy changes. He added that moving forward with any easing of restrictions would require an increase in the vaccination rate, especially among the elderly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, mainland China is the only place with a basic quarantine-free travel arrangement with Macau. The Macau government has repeatedly said that its Covid-19 prevention policies are in line with those of mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in the mainland, the stock prices of Macau\u2019s six casino operators have fallen in recent days. Meanwhile, Fitch Ratings<\/a> has predicted that gross gaming revenue (GGR) will reach only 70 per cent<\/strong> of 2019 levels in two years\u2019 time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liang Wannian, a head official on the National Health Commission\u2019s Covid-19 response team, has said China’s zero-Covid policy could continue beyond the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A senior official from China's National Health Commission indicated that the nation's zero-Covid policy could extend beyond Q1 next year, with no definite timetable for easing restrictions. This prolonged policy, which Macau aligns with, has led to a decline in stock prices for Macau's six casino operators and a revised Fitch Ratings forecast predicting GGR will only reach 70% of 2019 levels in two years.","focusai_entities":"Liang Wannian, National Health Commission, China Central Television (CCTV), Fitch Ratings, Macau's six casino operators","focusai_location":"China, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Strategy?","query":"How will Macau's concessionaires adjust their operational expenditure and capital allocation strategies given the extended GGR recovery timeline and persistent market access restrictions?"},{"label":"Concession Tender Impact?","query":"What are the potential implications for the upcoming Macau gaming concession tender process if the zero-Covid policy persists indefinitely, affecting long-term investment commitments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-34450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34467,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34450\/revisions\/34467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}