Assembly estimated the resultant cost to the economy at between 4.5 billion pounds ($5.9 billion) and 6.8 billion pounds.

Market-savvy merchants have been quick to sense the resultant business opportunity.

Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo, said the epidemic and its resultant delay in restoring production will inevitably have a short-term impact on Lenovo, but the company's global manufacturing and sales network and its sprawling presence in the world will help the company minimize potential impact of this outbreak on consumers.

The ongoing liberalization of China's power sector will raise business and financial risk for coal-fired power generation companies, but most can withstand the resultant market competition and potential industry consolidation, according to a report by credit rating agency Moody's provided to Xinhua.

More important, proactive actions are needed to prevent any extreme warming scenario and avoid the resultant significant losses, He said, adding that Chinese companies have made positive progress in this regard as their disclosures of carbon emissions reduction goals and advances have been "rapidly rising".

The international arm of Harvest Fund Management said China's deleveraging efforts and resultant policies have posed some challenges in the first half, but should the macro environment worsen, it will likely see more supportive policy responses — an expansionary fiscal and proactive monetary stance.

Any resultant heavy settlements could lower insurers' profits, affecting sentiment toward their shares, he added.

"Putting all such work under one governing body helps form a stronger resultant force.