No cars were sold in Shanghai in April as zero-Covid policy hammers activity Times News Express ChinaPulse.com China News, Data, Media Intelligence and Insights


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The biggest metropolitan area in China, home to 25 million residents, has been under a strict lockdown for seven weeks. Authorities have ordered people to stay at home and shut down many businesses, as they try to stamp out the city's worst ever Covid outbreak.Although authorities announced Monday that they will allow "low levels of activity" in some areas, numerous residents told CNN that they had not been allowed to go outside their residential complexes.The Covid restrictions had a severe impact on the city's car market — almost all dealers were closed, and no sales were recorded at all, according...