Chinese officials on Thursday admitted the massive lockdowns imposed against coronavirus outbreaks in major cities across China are inflicting significant damage upon the Chinese economy.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that “multiple teams” have been assembled to brainstorm methods of coping with the economic fallout from “zero-Covid” policies and devise less draconian methods of containing future outbreaks.

Judging from the approach taken by these teams, the Chinese Communist dictatorship is a little nervous about growing public unease with the deranged lockdowns imposed on cities like Xi’an over the past few months.