After a 76-day lockdown against COVID-19, China s central megacity of Wuhan was finally reconnected with the rest of the world on April 8, 2020. One year on, China has made enormous efforts to contain the pandemic and contributed to the global battle against the virus. It was a very bold, timely and wise step which resulted in quick decline in COVID-19 cases, thus more than compensating the loss to the economy, said Omera Naseer, a public health specialist at National Institute of Health in Pakistan. Being a public health specialist, I really admire China s step of lockdown as it has major contributions in containment of COVID-19 not only in China but across the world, he told Xinhua.