Impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on medical product imports from china from outbreak to stabilization: Monthly panel data regression and instrumental variable test.

This study conduct regressions of panal data with OLS and test with IV, empirically examines the COVID-19 epidemic's impact on the import of medical products from China from the perspective of the importing countries, exporting country, and other trading partners, and analyzes the inter-temporal impact across different product categories. The empirical results reveal that, in importing countries, the COVID-19 epidemic increased the import of medical products from China. In China, as an exporting country, the epidemic inhibited the export of medical products; by contrast, for other trading partners, it promoted the import of medical products from China. Among them, key medical products were most affected by the epidemic, followed by general medical products and medical equipment. However, the effect was generally found to wane after the outbreak period. Additionally, we focus on how political relations shape China's medical product export pattern and how the Chinese government is using trade means to improve external relations. In the post-COVID-19 era, countries should prioritize the stability of supply chains for key medical products and actively engage in international cooperation on health governance to further combat the epidemic.

Monitoring the CO2 Emission Trajectory and Reduction Effects by ETS and Its Market Performances for Pre- and Post-pandemic China.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great shocks on economic activities and carbon emissions. This paper aims to monitor the CO2 emission trajectory in China before and after the pandemic outbreak, and analyze the emission reduction effects by ETS and its market performances, which are important determinants underlying the trajectory and key drivers for emission reductions. We firstly find out a rather consistent trajectory of CO2 emissions in pre- and post-pandemic China over a 2-year time horizon, using the near-real-time datasets of daily CO2 emissions by Carbon Monitor and applying the Cox-Stuart trend test and mean equality test. We then examine the emission reduction effects by China's carbon ETS and its pilot market performances, using the methodologies of DID and PSM-DID as well as pre-pandemic region-level emission datasets by CEADs. Furthermore, it's found that the ETS pilot markets, which are immature with defects, have been performing more vulnerably in terms of liquidity and transaction continuity under pandemic shocks, thus undermining the emission reduction effects by ETS. These findings are providing insights into further mechanism design of the carbon ETS to the end of steady emission reductions even under shocks for post-pandemic China. It's of particular importance now that the nationwide market has been launched and needs to be enhanced based on lessons learned.

The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic on the Development of the Digital Economy of China-Based on the Data of 31 Provinces in China.

This study investigates the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on economic development of China by measuring the HP financial index as an alternative variable of the digital economy. This study shows that economy of China developed further with the dissemination of COVID-19. Furthermore, the digital economy increased the level of economic development more prominently at the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, an analysis of regional heterogeneity reveals that the eastern region maintained economic stability through its digital economy during COVID-19, while the central region improved its digital economy during COVID-19 pandemic. Although the economically underdeveloped western region has not suffered too seriously from COVID-19 pandemic, considering the sustained impact of disease and the uncertainty of its transmission speed, the region should vigorously develop its digital economy to manage public risk.

Investigating the Impact of the External Environment and Benchmark Characteristics on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's Construction: A COVID-19 Perspective.

The economic stability of a country, such as Pakistan is dependent on the construction of mega-projects, such as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). However, certain external factors and project characteristics may delay the construction of infrastructure projects; scholars have not investigated the development of CPEC from this perspective. In addition, the COVID-19 outbreak has hindered CPEC initiatives. This analysis will examine the effect of external environment factors on CPEC, and benchmark the project's effects on economic stability through CPEC's development by incorporating 523 samples obtained from employees of various CPEC projects. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze all hypotheses proposed here on AMOS 21.0 tools. According to the findings of this study, the CPEC external environment and project benchmark characteristics have a negative effect on the construction of CPEC development. Furthermore, the development of CPEC is found to have a significant effect on economic stability. However, fear of COVID-19 has weakened the relationship between CPEC development and economic stability. Finally, we also discuss the implications and limitations of the study.