China News Agency, Wuhan, October 16th (Reporter Ma Furong) At the beginning of the lanterns, the Wansongyuan Food Street in Hankou, Wuhan, is full of pedestrians.

The 16th coincides with Friday. The people in Wuhan who have worked for a week relieved their fatigue after get off work and swarmed into business districts, supermarkets, movie theaters, etc., to visit night markets, enjoy food, shopping and entertainment, and start to enjoy the weekend holiday.

　　Thanks to the results of the epidemic prevention and control, the colorful nightlife of the people in Wuhan has resumed as usual, and the once passionate "night economy" of Jiangcheng has revived.

　　The "2020 Wuhan Night Economic Development Report" released by Meituan on the evening of the 16th shows that after the short-term impact of the epidemic, Wuhan's night economy has shown a "V"-shaped rebound and has a strong momentum. The current night consumption index is 16 times that of the epidemic period. An increase of 12% in the same period last year.

Consumption at night is concentrated between 18:00 and 22:00.

　　Walking through the streets of Wuhan, you can see the bustling night scene everywhere.

Food stalls such as street barbecue, spicy tang, and multi-grain pancakes are constantly diners. Some gourmet shops are full of diners, and some shops even form long queues.

In the business districts of Optics Valley, Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street, Wangjiawan, Jiedaokou, Xudong Street, Chuhehan Street, shopping and shopping are crowded, which is a world away from the empty scene during the "closing of the city".

　　Yuan Zhihua, marketing director of Liangliang Steamed Shrimp Wuhan, introduced that the company has 10 stores in Wuhan and began to resume takeaway delivery in mid-April.

At the beginning of June, after the announcement of Wuhan's national nucleic acid test results, the flow of dinning guests has rebounded significantly, and it has now recovered to about 70% of previous years.

He pointed out that the main losses in the passenger flow are foreign tourists.

　　"Wuhan has a strong night supper atmosphere. From 6 to 10 pm every night is the busiest time of the day in stores." Yuan Zhihua said that nighttime consumption accounted for nearly half of the company's stores.

With the arrival of more and more foreign tourists, coupled with the government's tax and fee reduction policy support and the introduction of consumer stimulus measures, he has deep confidence in the catering market.

　　Night economy is a barometer of urban commercial development and a direct manifestation of urban vitality.

As the “eye of the storm” of China’s new crown pneumonia epidemic, Wuhan’s booming night economy demonstrates the city’s confidence and vitality after its rebirth.

　　Confidence comes from the effective control of the epidemic.

Since mid-May, Wuhan has not reported a new local confirmed case.

　　Vitality is inseparable from the stimulation of government consumption policies.

During the post-epidemic recovery period, Wuhan fully supports night shopping, night food, night tours, night shows, night entertainment and other consumption models, and successively launched the 2020 "Wuhan Go" Midsummer consumption season, Wuhan Happy Valley HOHA Electronic Music Festival, Wuhan Beer Festival and other activities. Activate the night economy and bloom a new "night" state.

　　During the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays just past, Wuhan received 18.8246 million tourists and achieved a comprehensive tourism income of 9.219 billion yuan, which was restored to 83.21% and 73.18% of the same period last year. Among them, 1.37 million tourists were received at night, and special night tours such as Yangtze River Cruise, Yangtze River Light Show, "Yellow Crane Tower at Night" large-scale live light and shadow show, and fireworks show in rural scenic spots were popular. (Finish)