Chinese to stage a shopping spree as Spring Festival approaches
Wang Cong Published: Feb 03, 2021 07:24 PM
People buy decorations for the upcoming Spring Festival at a market in Xi an, northwest China s Shaanxi province, Feb. 1, 2021. The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, falls on Feb. 12 this year. (Xinhua/Wei Xiang)
For years, China has been known as the factory of the world. That has not changed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when China supplied everything from personal protective gear to daily goods for countries around the world. But as China readies for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the world is supplying everything from seafood, alcoholic beverages to designer bags to China.
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2020-12-31 09:57 By: Xinhua The emergency use of vaccine mainly targets groups of people with higher risks of infection. They include medical workers, customs officers, primary-level epidemic prevention workers, overseas returnees and people working in cross-border cold-chain logistics and isolation centers. Experts remind people that they should still take protective measures after receiving the vaccination.
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Inoculation of key groups has already started in Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Shandong and the city of Wuhan in central China s Hubei Province.