CoronavirusChina to help Shanghai auto and chip sectors recover from lockdown
Drugmakers also among key businesses covered in plan to revive economic activity
A worker at an SAIC Motor-Volkswagen plant in Shanghai in 2019. The Chinese automaker has paused production in the city. © Reuters
SHUNSUKE TABETA and NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writers
BEIJING/SHANGHAI -- China will assist automakers, chip producers and other key businesses in getting back on track from the lockdown in Shanghai as protracted coronavirus-related restrictions squeeze economic activity in the country's commercial and financial hub.