(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) Watching the overseas epidemic: China's resumption of production and production under the control of the epidemic is important to global companies
China News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, March 6 (Reporter Chen Yue) From the perspective of Chen Youxin, president of the Malaysia-China General Chamber of Commerce, as China's epidemic situation other than Hubei has been gradually controlled, while protecting the epidemic situation, Chinese enterprises' The orderly resumption of work and production and the gradual normal operation of the economy are "critical" for Malaysian companies.
He frankly said that in today's globalized world, countries around the world have formed closely linked industrial chains, especially Malaysia-China economic and trade relations have grown rapidly in recent years, and many industries in the two countries are highly connected.
Chen Youxin introduced that after the outbreak, the Malaysia-China General Chamber of Commerce issued an appeal to members as soon as possible to raise funds to purchase anti-epidemic materials and transport them to the affected areas, actively supporting China in fighting the epidemic.
The China-Malaysia General Chamber of Commerce also actively learns from its member companies about its impact and impact. Chen Youxin told reporters that many companies in Malaysia, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, rely on the supply of Chinese raw materials and components. Previously, under the impact of the epidemic, these companies faced certain difficulties.
For example, Chen Youxin said that there are many small and medium-sized auto parts suppliers in Malaysia. A large number of parts and raw materials from the upstream of their production chain come from China, while the downstream ones are connected with large-scale automotive manufacturers in Malaysia. Once Malaysian local parts suppliers are affected by the outbreak of supply, it will also have a huge impact on downstream car companies.
The Malaysian government's recent forecast also shows that due to the global economic downturn and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Malaysia's economic growth rate this year may be reduced from 4.8% to 3.2% to 4.2%.
"According to our understanding, if this situation lasts for another month, the impact on Malaysian companies will be even more serious," said Chen Youxin. After all, once the company stops working, it will be very difficult to resume operations.
Therefore, he believed that when China started to resume work and resume production gradually according to the prevention and control of the epidemic situation, and let the goods continue to be sent out, this was important not only for Malaysian SMEs but also for global SMEs.
Chen Youxin also introduced that in the planning of the Malaysia-China General Chamber of Commerce, this year is an important year for actively promoting Malaysia-China economic and trade exchanges. In addition to organizing related activities throughout Malaysia for the "Malaysia-China Cultural Tourism Year", the General Chamber of Commerce will also hold the 10th Malaysia-China Entrepreneur Conference in Fuzhou. He hopes that through these activities, Malaysia-China economic and trade exchanges will be further promoted and it will also help Malaysia's economic development.
Although the preparatory work for these events will inevitably be affected by the epidemic, Chen Youxin said that the Malaysian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce has not interrupted the preparation work and "the economic operation cannot wait." In particular, it appears that the epidemic situation in China has been initially controlled, and by the end of April, it is expected that the epidemic situation will be basically controlled. He believes that Malaysia-China economic and trade exchanges will soon recover from the impact of the epidemic.
He further expected that for Chinese companies also affected by the epidemic, the motivation to "go global" will be stronger. As an important window into the ASEAN market, Malaysia will attract more Chinese enterprises to invest under the “Belt and Road” initiative. "As far as I know, many Chinese friends are already discussing cooperation with Malaysian companies."
"I think Malaysia-China economic and trade relations will not only be restored in the second half of this year, but will also increase significantly," said Chen Youxin, who is full of confidence and expectation. (Finish)