China: faced with drastic health measures, Apple is considering relocating part of its production

The American giant Apple is considering relocating part of its production capacity.

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In addition to the Chinese population which has expressed, in recent weeks, its fed up with the drastic health measures in place for almost three years now, foreign companies also seem to be losing patience.

Last company to follow the trend, the American giant Apple, which is considering relocating part of its production capacity, according to the

Wall Street Journal

. 

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Attracted by low wages, certain political stability and an unparalleled local market, Apple had chosen China for the production of a large part of its goods.

But according to the

Wall Street Journal

, the American giant no longer wants to put all its eggs in one basket.

He would now think about relocating part of his factories to neighboring India and Vietnam.

A future blow for the Chinese economy

It is that these last weeks have been intense in China, and in particular in the center of the country, in Zhengzhou, where the largest iPhone factory in the world is located.

A true city within a city, it hires 300,000 workers who have been subjected to severe containment measures, leading to monster demonstrations in the industrial complex.

So much so that the Apple brand has already warned that the production of the latest iPhones will be delayed.

If no official announcement has been made, a departure, even in part from Apple, would be a blow for the Chinese economy, already badly handicapped by nearly three years of

Zero-covid policy

.

According to figures published by the Chinese press, the Zhengzhou factory alone directly or indirectly employs one million workers.

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