Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Five Poverty Counties in China

This research is a collaboration between the United Nations and the Government of China. It follows the UN Secretary General’s launch of the UN Framework for the Immediate Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19, an integrated support package designed to support countries to tailor responses to the pandemic in each country, to protect the needs of the most vulnerable. The research collaboration in China aims to better understand the impact of COVID-19 and support China’s socio-economic recovery. It is expected to inform policy that tackles the social and economic dimensions of this crisis, with a focus on the most vulnerable.