China Payment Survey 2020: Payment delays will increase further because of COVID-19
(WorldNews France)

In the context of weaker activity in China due to the health crisis, Coface`s latest survey on business payments in China shows a deterioration in payment behaviour in 2019. 66% of surveyed companies reported payment delays. The length of payment delays remained stable at 86 days in 2019. Nevertheless, sectors that have been hit the most by lockdown measures will have to delay payments in order to survive in 2020 and the number of corporate insolvencies should increase. Growth in China...