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“Cleared” earlier than the virus, Shanghai did not sell a car in April | Car | Epoch Times

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“Cleared” earlier than the virus, Shanghai did not sell a car in April | Car | Epoch Times

[The Epoch Times, May 17, 2022](The Epoch Times reporter Zhang Ting comprehensive report) How tight is the blockade in Shanghai and how much impact it has brought, Bloomberg said, just look at one data, that is, last month, this financial center has not Sell ​​a car.

To achieve the goal of “zeroing out”, most of Shanghai’s 25 million residents were confined to their homes or residential areas in April and were not allowed to travel freely as part of a sweeping lockdown.

The Shanghai Automobile Sales Association represents about 300 companies. Highlighting zero sales figures in a statement on Monday (May 16), the association said that the coronavirus outbreak in April had a severe impact on Shanghai’s auto market, with dealers across the city almost closed due to lockdowns. State, the entire auto sales industry has entered a difficult stage of operational difficulties. Auto sales in Shanghai were zero in April.

By comparison, in April last year, 26,311 cars were sold in Shanghai.

Some media said that Shanghai’s sales in April were zero, which was the first time in history.

Data released last week by the China Passenger Car Market Information Association (CPCA) showed that car sales across the country recorded their biggest drop in two years in April, down nearly 36 percent year-on-year to 1.06 million units.

The CCP’s zero policy has not only hit car sellers, but car manufacturers have also been hit hard. Production at Shanghai’s major auto companies plunged 75% in April from March, the CPCA said. Among them, the hardest hit automakers are Tesla, Volkswagen and Nissan.

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Tesla typically ships about 60,000 vehicles a month, but in April it shipped just 1,512.

Although Tesla reopened after a three-week shutdown in April, there are still challenges in supply and material delivery as the lockdown in Shanghai has yet to be fully lifted. Other companies that have resumed work are facing the same supply chain issues.

On April 24, when CCTV reported on the resumption of work and production of key enterprises on the “white list”, it admitted that logistics between different provinces and cities was still not smooth. The phenomenon of repeated inspections at inspection points between roads still exists; enterprises that have resumed work and production are also facing many pressures, such as the pressure of zero clearance, personnel shortage and logistics obstruction.

Bloomberg published an article on May 16 saying that Xi Jinping’s zero-clearing policy has caused China’s economic activity to collapse. China’s industrial output and consumer spending slumped to their worst levels since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, statistics for April showed, and analysts warned there would be no quick recovery.

Specifically, industrial output fell 2.9% in April from a year ago, while retail sales contracted 11.1% during the period, a sharper decline than the 6.6% expected. Unemployment climbed to 6.1%, with youth unemployment hitting a record.

In addition to economic losses, the CCP’s extreme epidemic prevention policies have caused more and more anger among the people. Shanghai netizens recently released a video saying that the authorities have implemented a “continuous sitting system”, that is, if one person is positive, the residents of the entire building will be taken away and quarantined. They also had to leave the keys to their homes with community volunteers when they were taken to the centralized quarantine area.

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Another video shows that some residents shouted to the police and Dabai, asking them not to overstep their authority and not to “hardly isolate people like prisoners.”

Responsible editor: Li Yuan#

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