The COVID-19 came suddenly in December 2019,and its unique urgency and uncertainty has greatly affected China’s economic and social development.Under such circumstances,people’s normal life has been greatly affected.Manufacturing industry plays an important role in China’s economic and social development.How to evaluate the impact of public health emergencies such as COVID-19 on China’s manufacturing industry and minimize the impact of COVID-19 on economic and social development has become an urgent practical problem to be solved.Based on the panel data of major large and medium-sized cities in China from 2008 to 2022,we use synthetic control method and ARIMA mode focused on and empirically studied the impact of COVID-19 on the manufacturing industry in Wuhan,NanjingThere is a series of important research findings.I.For Wuhan,in the short term,COVID-19 has a bad impact on Wuhan’s manufacturing industry,economic and social development.But from a long-term perspective,the bad impact of COVID-19 is temporary and controllable.The strong manufacturing city of Wuhan still exists,and the long-term positive economic and social development of Wuhan has not changed.II.For Nanjing,The COVID-19 had little impact on the manufacturing and economic growth.Nanjing’s manufacturing industry maintains steady growth under the influence of COVID-19,which handed over a satisfactory answer for the prevention of COVID-19 and the development of economic.The results of Wuhan and Nanjing have provided useful inspiration for local governments to coordinate the promotion of COVID-19 prevention and the development of economic and social.It allows us to do well in COVID-19 prevention of daily life. |