Epidemic Backlash! Multi-Site Shutdowns! Global Energy Prices Soar! Multiple Plant Shutdowns!
The recent epidemic backlash is alarming.
The country has seen multiple outbreaks at multiple points.
There are localized shutdowns and home quarantine initiatives.
Global economic variables increase.
Where should the raw material market go?
Recently, there have been epidemic outbreaks in many places and the situation has tightened in some areas. According to the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, from 1-14 March, the cumulative number of reported infections in the local epidemic exceeded 15,000 cases, affecting 28 provinces.

The epidemic has become more difficult to prevent and control, and the prevention and control situation is serious and complex.
A new study published in The Lancet shows that the number of deaths worldwide from the new crown pandemic may be more than three times the official record.
Zhang Wenhong, a deputy to the Shanghai National People's Congress and director of the Infection Department at Huashan Hospital, said that the global NCC epidemic has entered a new phase, with a "spurt" in the number of cases, and that we are facing a huge risk of a strong imported epidemic and the spread of local cases, and suggested that we should plan for "an epidemic five or ten times larger than the current one"or 10 times the current size of the epidemic".
Shutdown! Many parts of the country are closed!
In order to effectively prevent the risk of the spread of the epidemic, Guangdong, Tianjin, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities have adopted further graded and classified control measures for key areas, including the strict implementation of "closed and isolated, without leaving home, service at home" management measures in the closed and controlled areas, and "without leaving the area, staggered pick-up" management measures in the controlled areas. "management measures; prevention areas each implement "strengthen social control, strict restrictions on the gathering of people" management measures.
At present, hundreds of areas have been included in the key areas.
2026-10-09
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