The role of top leadership team’s cognitive framework in COVID-19 control and economic recovery in China

ABSTRACT

This study aims to discuss how China’s top leadership team’s (CTLT) cognitive framework helped them quickly minimize the impact of COVID-19 and enter economic recovery. We find that cognitive framework of CTLT based on Yin-Yang philosophy balancing exerted the following effects: (1) It helped CTLT determine the relative significance of COVID-19 control and economic recovery from a higher level goal of Chinese people’s life and health. (2) It helped CTLT determine opportunities conducive to economic recovery from COVID-19. (3) It helped Chinese leaders quickly identify the central paradox in COVID-19 and mobilize the available resources to address it.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19 control
• Economic resilience
• Yin-Yang balancing
• Cognitive framework

Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 71972033), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant no. N2023013; N2023035; N2023037), the Youth Funds of Ministry of Education in China (Grant no. 19YJC630227), Yong Yang and Youqing Fan contributed equally to this paper.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant no. 71972033]; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [Grant no. N2023013; N2023035; N2023037], the Youth Funds of Ministry of Education in China [Grant no. 19YJC630227].