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President?? Message 浼???磋?

Dear Members, 灏????????

The data involved in this ??功锛????2020骞村?????虹?娴???电????????
2020 Special Report on the State ??娑???????????杩?护浜哄????浜?欢???绉??搴?
of Business in South China is 琛?负??奖?????负???????ㄥ????????剁?姣??
untainted by the recent confusing ???浠ュ?涓??涓轰??ゆ??戒汉姘??浠??浜烘???????
events and various governmental ???浠ュ?姹?????????版?????剁??ㄧ‘瀹??姣??
actions as it intentionally only 涓????????娴???讳?褰卞?杩?负?跺??╋?浣??浠?凡
includes data compiled and analyzed prior to 缁??琛??涓ら」??画??┒锛?苟璁″??ㄦ??ョ????娑??
the onset of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak and ?ｃ????洪??版?杩???ㄩ???┒???浠???峰?锛??涓烘?
measures taken by China to protect its people and 浠??淇°??2020骞村?????虹?娴???电?????????纭??
those of other countries. While it is entirely too early 璇?及浜??涓?????澶???″????浠?涔???姐???璁块?
to determine the total impact of the virus on China ???缇?????缃??www.amcham-southchina.org
and world economy, we have already conducted ??垂?峰?杩??椤圭?绌剁?瀹???ュ???
two follow-up studies and plan to conduct a
comprehensive study at some point in the future ?界?涓???垮???画??ぇ????????害锛?互寮??炬?
when the cloud has cleared and life is back. We have ????瑰???????浼??锛?????????瑰?浠??浠ラ?
done so as we believe this 2020 Special Report on the 娴???1??23?ワ?涓???垮?灏??浜?ぇ?ㄥ?杩?????涓??
State of Business in South China accurately assesses ???姝???????锛???????汉?ｆ?绘?杈?6000涓?汉锛??
what businesses will do once they are back to ???浠?负姝㈠??借??存?骞跨?浼??????绘??姐?????
business. Please visit www.amcham-southchina.org ??????椁?ギ搴??????哄??朵?浼??琚??浠ゅ?涓????
to access additional studies free of charge, as they ??????缁??WHO锛??涓??涓洪?姝㈢?姣??澧??骞挎?浼?
become available. ??????虹????琛ㄧず璧????腑?界?棰??????ㄥ?澶?
绋?害涓??婧?ご涓???剁????寤讹?杩???跺凡缁?负涓??
The Chinese government continuously stepped 璧㈠?浜???淬??????瀹剁?涓?腑?藉?琛?????浣??浠ヤ?
up its efforts to curtail the virus in an open and 瑙ｇ?????靛苟灏芥?澶у??藉?灏??澧??渚???
productive way, but it was impossible to predict
which direction this epidemic would take. China?? ?规?浠?勾?????????????????板?????藉??稿?
government suspended most access to Wuhan, the ?????????搴???界?褰卞?杈?????浣?勾?ワ????缇?
city at the center of the outbreak on Jan. 23. Restrictions ?藉?浼???翠?浼??浼??涓???负?茶?绫讳技灞??垮?瀹??
expanded to cities with a total of 60 million people in 瀵硅?????2006骞翠互?ワ???滑涓??撮??卞?????跺?搴??
the broadest anti-disease measures ever imposed. ??????????ワ?姣??锛??姣?????????╃??????
Restaurants, shops and other businesses nationwide 涔?????姝よ???????缇?????浼??浼???????2??
were ordered to close. World Health Organization 涓?????璧?3800涓????????浠峰??105涓???????
(WHO) officials have expressed their encouragement 璧???╂?姹??????????涓ラ??板????涓洪???????
concerning the steps China has taken to prevent ???浜???????淳???????у?涓??缁?????缇????
widespread transmission outside its borders. The 浼??缁х画?ㄥ?浠ヨ荡锛?????浼?????涓??涓?汉???
country?? precautions for the most part contained the 璧?????璧?府?╂??荤?????瑰????璧?????璧??
outbreak at its source and appeared to have bought ?叉??ㄥ?锛?????缃╋??叉?甯姐????ゆ??????????娆?
the world time. International teams of experts worked ?т钩?舵?濂?????????藉?浼?????涓??涓??翠?涓?
closely with their Chinese counterparts to understand ?藉?琛????苟?╋??卞????姝ゆ??????
the outbreak and to minimize the transmission of
new cases. 涓?????涓?己澶х???????浣?郴锛???板?杩??浠?
浠??涓?????棰???????缁?О璇ョ?姣????????搴枫??
According to this year?? Special Report, American
companies in South China have been less affected
by the virus outbreak and decisions made by the
government to contain it. Our Chamber has been
working with our members to develop plans to defend
against such situations for well over a decade. Since
2006, I have encouraged our companies to develop
strategies against viral outbreaks as it was always ??ot
a question of if but when?? a virus would strike. This
planning is also the reason why with encouragement
from AmCham South China its members donated 38
million US dollars in cash and 1.05 million US dollars

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