The move to fully ease one of the world’s tightest COVID-19 regimes in January this year had injected an early dose of optimism into the global economy.
, China’s economic recovery appears to be unevenly spread across the country, according to the latest data.
"We are young. I feel that if money is spent, it can be earned again. But at Disneyland, happiness is worth even more,” said one visitor. "There is a psychological rebound. After the reopening this year, everyone is going out to play either abroad or domestically,” said one resident.Despite the strong rebound in domestic tourism since the reopening, the prospects for the wider Chinese economy and employment appear less certain.
Mr Yang Qing, chairperson of the Yun Jiu Hong Human Resources Group, told CNA:"Salaries have been going down. Why? When the demand for manpower from companies is not high, it is impossible that they would attract potential employees with a high salary."Recruiters and applicants sit at a booth at a job fair at a shopping center in Beijing.
Shenzhen Panfengxiu Technology director Angela Yang told CNA:"Although China has opened up, compared to last year, the situation has not improved much. Although foreigners can enter China now, the quantity of orders placed this year is in fact not comparable to last year’s."
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