Yang Mingming, an employee of a company based in Hangzhou, east China s Zhejiang Province, has decided to stay in the city instead of returning to his hometown around 1,500 km away in northwest China s Shaanxi Province to celebrate the coming Spring Festival.
To reduce the flow of personnel and curb the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, many places across China have encouraged residents and migrant workers to stay put for the most important festival in China usually marked by mass migration and family reunions.
It s the first time I choose to spend the festival away from my family, Yang said. That s to protect my parents and myself from the risk of infections.