With supermarkets, shopping malls and convenience stores in Shanghai scheduled to reopen from Monday, flights between Shanghai and some other cities to be resumed, and as companies like Tesla and SAIC Volkswagen resume production and even exports of their vehicles, the city is picking up its economic capacity again.
Shanghai is set to restart business and services activities in phases from Monday, with shopping centers, supermarkets, pharmacies, wet markets, catering and hairdressing services to resume offline operations in an orderly manner, Chen Tong, deputy mayor of Shanghai, announced at a press briefing on Sunday.
The resumption of commerce and business activities will progress in phases on the principle of orderly openness, limited flow, effective control and classified management. Special passages will be designated for the businesses to limit the flow of personnel, while wholesale food markets are also allowed to carry out contactless transactions in order to control the traffic.
