China: Impact of the “Zero COVID” Policy on the Economy and International Immigration

The article analyses the impact of the implementation of China’s “Zero COVID” policy on the country’s economy and its status as new destination for international migration between 2020 and 2022. From the perspective of economic development and migration theories, the paper first examines the ways in...

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Autores: González García, Juan, Salazar Aguilar, Andrea, Suástegui Díaz, Marlene Angélica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:México y la Cuenca del Pacífico
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:mexicoylacuencadelpacifico.cucsh.udg.mx:article/851
Acceso en línea:https://www.mexicoylacuencadelpacifico.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/mc/article/view/851
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:China
COVID-19
migration
emigration
immigration
migración
emigración
inmigración
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Sumario:The article analyses the impact of the implementation of China’s “Zero COVID” policy on the country’s economy and its status as new destination for international migration between 2020 and 2022. From the perspective of economic development and migration theories, the paper first examines the ways in which China’s development policy and strategy, allowed the country to become a center of attraction for international migrants, to then how the anti-covid-19 measures reverted such process. The article argues that China overturned international immigration, due to its “Zero COVID” policy, which also impacted its economic dynamism from the recent decades. The hypothesis formulated is that the decrease in international migration to China is thus one of the implicit costs of its “Zero COVID “ policy.