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ina will continue to implement the ??ero ?±ä??¶æ??????????????¶ä¸­???奥å???
tolerance?? policy due to the renewed ???æ¯??ä¸??å°?»§ç»??è¡?????æ¯????å®?
domestic Covid outbreaks including the Omicron å¿????ç­????å¹´ç?è°??ç»??ä¸??å¹´ç?ä¼¼ï?çº?????ä¸?
variant. Similar to last year, around three ???访ä?ä¸?¡¨ç¤ºå??°æ????????³ç?è¯??????????
quarters of the respondents claim that their å½±å?ï¼??ä¸?????ä¼?????ä¸??ç­¾è????è¡???¶ç?å½?
operations have been impacted by the visa and ??????ä¹??è¶?????ä¼?????ç¾??ç­¾è????è¡????
travel restrictions due to COVID-19. More than ??½±???????è¡???¶å??¨å?ä¸????½±??¸»è¦?????æ¶?
half of the companies were affected by China?? ?????????¡æ?è¡???¶æ????æ¶??ä¸???????´»???
visa and travel restrictions while more than 30% ?¶å????ä¼??é«?????è¿??å½±å?äº??ä¸??????
experienced US restrictions. Impacts of the travel
restrictions on operations in China include the
cancellation of all international business travel,
followed by the cancellation of international
events/meetings in China and the impacted
management due to executives being unable to
return to China.

Figure 50 Impacts of the Visa and Travel Restrictions due to COVID-19
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