Shiyan Subdistrict, which is under lockdown, has seen an adequate supply of essential goods and residents strictly following COVID safety protocols, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
Due to the resurgence of COVID cases in this part of Bao’an District, traffic controls have been imposed on all roads in and out of Shiyan starting from Thursday to prevent the virus from spreading.
Despite these restrictions, Shiyan residents’ lives are not far from normal.
At each of Shiyan’s gateways, people coming in and out are required to have their temperatures taken and present negative nucleic acid test results. The subdistrict has set up a few free nucleic acid sampling points for its residents.
Shiyan’s supermarkets have ensured the availability of essential goods, including fresh food, vegetables, bread and milk, which met people’s Spring Festival shopping needs.
“Shiyan has 31 supermarkets, six of which are larger than 10,000 square meters and the rest are small and medium-sized ones. It has two wet markets and residents can also have access to four online shopping platforms with warehouses in Shiyan,” said Wu Di, an official from the subdistrict. “We have tried our best to keep as many supermarkets open as possible.”
Aside from warehouses stocked with sufficient goods, Shiyan has a local slaughterhouse and two large catering enterprises distributing 10,000 meals every day.
The Bao’an District Government has spared no effort to ensure a safe supply chain into Shiyan. “One driver is arranged to drive a fixed delivery vehicle on a fixed route and time,” Wu said.
Feng Yanjun, owner of the Shiyan branch of Rainbow Shopping Center, told the reporter that the store currently has plentiful supply and rapidly replenishes goods. “For instance, eggs were recently sold out in our store, and the headquarters helped transfer stocks to us from other regions as soon as we reported to them,” Feng said.
Online shopping saw a rapid surge over the lockdown in Shiyan. Feng said: “On Saturday, Rainbow had 1,018 orders, while it was 135 on the same day last year.”
While nonlocal deliverymen were not allowed to enter Shiyan, those available in the area were occupied sending packages across the subdistrict these days.
For residents in locked-down neighborhoods, their online purchases were delivered by government staffers to their compounds’ gates.
To guarantee an orderly consumption market, relevant government departments have exerted efforts to strengthen market oversight and crack down on acts that disrupt market order.
A Shiyan resident surnamed Lu told the reporter that her recent shopping experience was quite normal as she could purchase what she needed at reasonable prices. “I believe that the virus will be contained soon, and we will return to work safely,” she said.