China has the first New Year's Day holiday after the presence of epidemic prevention policy.Although the epidemic in many areas is still spreading, there are crowds of people in Wuhan, Beijing, and Shanghai in many cities, and the public goes out to welcome 2023.
Chinese media reports such as Complex Reuters and Polar News, Shangguan News, and Daily Economic News, after experiencing three years of crown disease epidemic, thousands of people gathered in Wuhan Center to participate in the New Year.The countdown will be celebrated at the sky at midnight.
Almost all people participating in the New Year's countdown activities are wearing masks, and some people say in an interview with Reuters that they are still worried about the infection or re -infection of the gathering of staff.It's all out. "
It is reported that Wuhan police mobilized more than 6,000 police forces on Saturday (December 31) to maintain the order of crowds of people along the avenue of the city center, guide trafficThere were more than 700 emergency officers at the scene at any time, and the plainclothes operation team also launched anti -scuffle operations at the scene to protect the safety of the masses.
In Beijing in Beijing, many commercial districts have crowded in New Year's Eve. Among them, Wangfujing Street in the city center, trees on the streets are entangled with new year lanterns decoration.Also lighting up the light show, attracting many people to go out to feel the atmosphere of the New Year.
A person who dinner at Wangfujing said in an interview that 2022 was an extraordinary year, and on the last day, he hoped to have a more sense of ritual."Because the epidemic hasn't met with friends for a while, I finally gathered once today, and I feel that the familiar life is back again."
To promote the comprehensive recovery of commodity consumption and service consumption, Beijing has also launched the "2023 Beijing New Year Festival" activity, including more than 60 key business districts including Wangfujing, Capital Mall, Beijing Impression City, Lizetian Street, and Shuang'an Mall., Create the city's characteristic consumption activities with Beijing Year.
The city center also appears in the New Year's Eve. There are people in popular areas such as Bund and Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street. In order to ensure the safety of tourists and smooth roads, the Armed Police also dispatched the order of the armed police to maintain order, and even formed the "zipper wall wall wall.", Guide tourists to pass the zebra crossing in an orderly manner, guide the flow of people and traffic.
However, although the bund is crowded, the business of the restaurant is not as busy as New Year's Eve in 2022.The waiter at a restaurant in the Bund told Reuters that after the epidemic prevention policy was loosened, many people did not dare to come out.
The waiter said that there were still some tables in the dinner room that were empty, and this usually did not appear in New Year's Eve.He said that there are more than 200 reservations in the restaurant, but usually 20%to 30%of the reservations are usually more than this."I hope it will be better next year."