Affected by the impact of the epidemic sealing and the deterioration of Sino -US relations, many US companies in the Chinese exhibition industry have become more pessimistic about their prospects.
According to Bloomberg News on Wednesday (March 1), more than half of the 319 companies investigated by the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCham China), more than half said that it will not be profitable in 2022, and 22%is expected to recordLost, this is the worst result since 2019.Two -thirds of the respondents believe that repeated epidemic prevention and control and other epidemic prevention restrictions have led to this result.
Colm Raffrty, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, said that although the Sino -US trade continued to grow during the epidemic, bilateral relations became more and more complicated.He pointed out that last year, he was particularly challenging, especially to "strive to ensure compliance with various new regulations in the United States and China."
On the other hand, the company's outlook is more negative than in previous years, and one -third of the respondents are pessimistic about the domestic market and economic recovery prospects in China.Interviewees believe that the intensive tension between China and the United States is the most serious business challenge facing enterprises, especially in science and technology, research and development.
The survey showed that about 46%of the respondents believed that Sino -US relations would continue to deteriorate in 2023, and the proportion was higher than the previous year.
The survey shows that the pessimism of the future is reflected in the planning direction of the investment direction.Among the interviewed companies, the members of the first three destinations of the new expenditure have fallen sharply. Nearly half of the company's plans will not invest in new investment, and 9%of the other plans to cut investment.
Although many companies said they did not plan to transfer the supply chain from China, 12%of the company has already transferred the manufacturing or purchase outside China, and another 12%of the company has this consideration. These twoNumbers are almost twice a year ago.
The survey was conducted in mid -October last year to mid -November.After the investigation, the Chinese government has given up strict epidemic prevention policies or will help improve the company's prospects. However, due to the influence of the balloon incident at the beginning of last month, Sino -US relations still have a spiral decline.
