Getting Through the Crisis Together 12: The Impacts of the Pandemic on Overseas Chinese-invested Textile and Apparel Enterprises' Operation and Social Responsibility

How have Chinese-invested overseas companies and their social responsibility management been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? What measures have been taken to deal with the most prominent social responsibility issues, such as labor disputes, rights of vulnerable groups and engagement with local communities? Furthermore, how do Chinese company owners see the pandemic as a test of their risk management and business resilience? What support would the Asian textiles manufacturing sector need to get through the crisis? What would be the postpandemic prospects of the overseas investment in the textiles industry? To answer these questions, the Office for Social Responsibility of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) with support by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, carried out a study, which covered 85 Chinese-invested companies in Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh. This co-hosted event is a part of the Online Seminar Series “Getting through the crisis together”, with simultaneous interpretation (English/Mandarin) provided.