Economics of the Pandemic

Cai Fang, Professor, PhD in Economics, is Chief Expert of the National High-end Think Tank at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where he is an Academician. His recent publications include Demographic Perspective of China’s Economic Development (2020) and Perceiving Truth and Ceasing Doubts (2020).

• Introduction. 1. Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2. COVID-19’s impact on agriculture, rural areas and farmers and countermeasures. 3. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on China’s industrial economy and countermeasures. 4. From efficiency to safety: adjustments in the global supply chain under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and countermeasures. 5. Tertiary industry under the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact and Response. 6. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand side and countermeasures. 7. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the supply side and countermeasures 8. Process and countermeasures for resumption of work and production. 9. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign trade and countermeasures. 10. Prevention and control of financial risks during the pandemic and the recovery process. 11 Public health countermeasures: Short term and long term. 12 Global spread of the pandemic and world economic outlook. 13. How to deal with the impact of the global economic recession. 14. Humanist economics after the pandemic