 
 
							Officials have enforced strict lockdowns in China's most important economic hub, Shanghai, and the pinch from resulting economic losses will be felt across the world
 
 
							Tesla employees have returned to work at the giant’s Covid-hit Shanghai plant, and they aim to restart production with 1,000 cars a day after a stoppage of more than three weeks.
 
 
							Xpeng CEO warns that if suppliers in and around Shanghai can’t resume operations and production, all of China's carmakers will have to stop production in May
 
 
							China now has Covid curbs in 87 cities – blocking highways and ports, stranding workers, shutting countless factories – disruptions that could hammer global supply chains
 
 
							General Motors' joint venture in Shanghai maintained production by asking workers to sleep on factory floors and getting passes for trucks to continue deliveries
 
 
							The 2022 auto show was scheduled to take place from April 21 to April 30 in the new China International Exhibition Center in Beijing
 
 
							Tesla's restart came as movement controls imposed on its workers as part of the city's efforts to curb the latest Covid-19 outbreak eased
 
 
							A ban on flights from nine countries, quarantine of up to 14 days for arrivals, online classes only and the closing public venues have frustrated many
 
 
							Shenzhen, which is close to Hong Kong, saw local confirmed transmissions pick up to 71 on Wednesday from 55 the previous day