China

According to reports, even after several weeks of the lockdown having ended many Chinese have not been able to return to work and as per estimates 70 to 80 million Chinese have lost their jobs or been temporarily laid of due to the pandemic. While official figures indicated that unemployment has risen only 0.8 per cent from the 5.2 per cent it was in December but experts claims this figure does not tell the full truth.

An independent economist in Beijing has said that "The official survey does not take into account migrant workers, nor the situation in small and medium-sized enterprises and among the self-employed". Experts have also predicted that in the coming months, China’s export sector could loss 10 million more jobs due to a global recession caused the renewed tensions between China and the United States and its allies.