In the past two decades, four major virus outbreaks caused significant economic loss in China. Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus COVID-19, business and factories were shutdown in the country. Experts estimated that China's GDP could suffer a maximum loss of 500 billion yuan in 2020, five-fold higher compared to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) between 2002 and 2003.
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Bain & Company. (February 10, 2020). Annual loss of gross domestic product (GDP) caused by the major virus outbreaks in China from 2002 to 2020 (in billion yuan) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1103871/china-economic-loss-comparison-major-virus-outbreaks/
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