With the shadow of the crown disease epidemic in Southeast Asian countries, economic problems replaced the epidemic, and the most Southeast Asians were selected as the biggest challenge this year.However, Professor Xu Tongmei, Singapore's tour, believes that the economic performance of Asianan is better than other regions, so there is no need to overly worry about economic recession.
According to the Southeast Asian situation: The 2023 investigation report, the Russian and Ukraine War caused inflation, exacerbating people's concerns about the economy.Nearly 60 % (59.5 %) interviewees believe that unemployment and economic recession are the biggest challenges faced by Southeast Asia this year, higher than 49.8 % last year.
Xu Tongmei said that the world is concerned about economic issues, but he believes that Southeast Asia's concerns about economic recession are unnecessary.
Xu Tongmei explained that the overall and individual member states' economic performance was not bad, and after the epidemic, the restrictions on epidemic prevention were lifted and the economy was reopened."In an environment where the global economic slowdown, Ya'an is a highlight."
He also quoted the prediction of the Asian Development Bank that the overall economy of Asia this year will increase by about 4.6 %."Compared with other parts of the world, this is a good performance."
In addition to economic challenges, Southeast Asia's continuous abnormal climate, typhoon and heavy rain have also increased people's attention to climate issues.57.1 % of respondents believe that climate change is one of the three major challenges faced by Southeast Asia, which is 20.1 percentage points over last year.
The challenge of "third" is the expansion of the gap between socio -economic and income, as well as the military tension caused by potential fire points such as the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula, and 41.9 % of the respondents think so.
