2020年新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球，对经济严重依赖国际市场的巴布亚新几内亚产生了巨大影响。面对生产能力下降、出口产品锐减、经济下滑明显，马拉佩政府采取了许多干预经济的措施，试图复苏低迷的经济，但效果十分有限。中国与巴布亚新几内亚关系发展取得一定进展，但两国合作也面临着新的挑战。
The epidemic situation of COVID-19 swept the world in 2020. This has had a huge impact on Papua New Guinea，which is heavily dependent on international markets. In the face of the decline in production capacity and exports，the obvious economic downturn，the Marape government has taken many measures to revive the sluggish economy，but the effect is very limited. The adjustment of Papua New Guinea’s economic policy has led to new opportunities and challenges for China’s cooperation with it.
