The Influence and Countermeasures of the "COVID-19" on the Economic Development of Coastal Economic Zone of Guangdong Province

Abstract

In February 2020, the CPC Central Committee defined the epidemic at a meeting which with the theme of "Coordinating the epidemic prevention and control with economic and social development”—“The COVID-19 outbreak is a major public health emergency that has spread in the fastest speed, caused the most extensive infection and is the most difficult to contain in the country since the founding of the People's Republic of China”. From this definition, it can be seen that the impact of this epidemic on China is very huge. Sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 inevitably deal a relatively big blow to China's economic and social development. How to adopt effective measures to promote economic and social recovery and development under the working on an ongoing basis to contain the virus is an urgent issue that needs to be resolved. This article takes the Coastal Economic Zone of Guangdong Province as a research object. Analyzes the impact of the epidemic on it, and the difficulties and problems facing the current economic development. In response to these problems, this article makes several suggestions: continued prevention and control of the epidemic situation, increased government support, optimized industrial structure, and promoted economic growth by the Troika. So as to promote Guangdong's economic recovery and further promote Guangdong's economic and social development.