After shopping in the mall and down the hall, is the "fireworks on earth" coming back?
Investigation on the resume of work and production in some consumer places
According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 24 (Reporters Sun Xiaohui, Zhang Chao, Li Qianwei) "The spring in full garden cannot be closed, and I want to touch the world with fireworks." Behind the buzzwords of the Internet are the multiple consumer demands that have been activated recently . Previously, multi-sector joint publications to promote consumption expansion and quality improvement, and activation of the suppressed and frozen consumption willingness in the epidemic were important contents.
At present, shopping malls, large shopping complexes, bathing KTV and other consumer places across the country are gradually resuming business. Which "food and eat" projects have returned? Consumers want to be infected with "fireworks on earth," but they don't want to be infected with viruses. Is there any guarantee? What breakpoints and blockpoints exist in the process of returning to work and production in consumer places?
"Shopping and eating" returning in multiple places
"I haven't been out shopping for a long time. I want to buy a few new clothes, and eat the food I have always remembered," said Jinan citizen Hu. At the entrance of Jinan China Resources Vientiane City, the reporter saw many accompanying consumers.
"It's too fierce, and at the weekend the traffic flow feels the same as before the epidemic." Chengdu citizen Ms. Zheng told reporters that in Chengdu IFS, masked consumers lined up in front of some well-known brand stores, waiting to enter the store . In Beijing Xidan Joy City, there was also a queue to enter the store.
The reporter found that the passenger flow of shopping malls and other consumer venues around the region rose significantly. According to data from the Internet platform, the current operating rate of commercial supermarkets in first-tier cities exceeds 80%. KTV, bathing, fitness and other entertainment projects have been "online" in some cities. According to the reporter's understanding, KTV and gyms in Chengdu, Shanghai and other places have gradually resumed business to welcome customers; public baths and gymnasiums in Shenyang have resumed business on the 21st.
The catering industry continued to pick up. According to a reporter's observation, during the peak passenger flow, a fast food restaurant in Jinan China Resources Vientiane City ordering team was about 10 meters long; there were five tables at the entrance of a Chinese restaurant, and there were often more than ten minutes from picking to entering the store. In order to further restore the vitality of the city and the popularity of the shops, Chengdu allows restaurants on the street to properly set up catering places without affecting traffic and pedestrian traffic.
Multiple measures for epidemic prevention, but hidden dangers still exist
Reporters have seen in many places that various types of consumer places ensure epidemic prevention through health codes, regular elimination and temperature measurement.
At the entrance of Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street in Chengdu, a staff member wearing an infrared temperature-measuring helmet is checking the temperature of pedestrians entering and leaving. Chengdu IFS has adopted full-coverage and uninterrupted epidemic prevention measures, which involve the overall environment, public services, regular disinfection, materiel support, employee protection, and customer and tenant safety.
All food and beverage stores in Jinan Shimao Plaza can be tracked for take-out production, food loading and distribution. Restaurant companies such as Jing Rong also started to promote public chopsticks and spoons to guide customers to dine across tables. "The dinning management is very strict. My husband and I proposed that they should sit face to face and were rejected by the store." Beijing Min Xiao Zhou said that she felt safe to go out to eat.
However, the reporter also found that some areas still have hidden dangers of epidemic prevention.
Recently, Chengdu has just begun to resume KTV and other casino operations. A large-scale hotel has a KTV sales staff who told reporters that “just take a body temperature to enter the store”. The reporter learned from the competent department that this did not meet the local epidemic prevention requirements. In Shenyang, the reporter found that there are no indoor epidemic prevention measures in some of the resumed indoor gyms. Consumers can go in and out at will, which is inconsistent with the regulations of “requiring disinfection and ventilation of the place and controlling the flow of people” after the competent authority requires the relevant place to resume operations.
Dong Liang, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Qilu Hospital, reminded that consumer places are usually relatively closed and crowded areas, the possibility of viral aerosol transmission increases, and prevention and control are more difficult. After resuming operations, in addition to increasing the frequency of disinfection of the public facilities of the site and reducing contact and transmission, the central air-conditioning system should also adopt measures such as enabling fresh air or increasing the amount of fresh air to prevent aerosol transmission.
Resumption of work and resumption in consumer places still need to be “continued and interrupted”
The reporter found that the current “live broadcast sales”, “VR shopping” and other methods are emerging in consumer places around the world, becoming the “Hongqiao” linking public consumption and corporate recovery.
The reporter saw at a brand store in Qunguang mall in Chengdu that the two staff members were doing live rehearsal. After the epidemic broke out, Qunguang Plaza began to try the "live broadcast + online order" sales method. In Beijing Xidan Joy City, in-store brands have organized more than 20 live broadcasts since the outbreak.
Yu Renzhu, a professor at the School of Business Administration of Shandong University of Finance and Economics, reminded that although various local governments have recently introduced a series of measures to boost consumption, such as leading cadres to take the lead in store consumption, issue various types of consumer vouchers, etc., various consumer venues are still returning to work. Facing many "blocking points" and "breakpoints".
Some companies have financial difficulties due to unstable supply chains and high inventory. Han Jianhui, director of the Working Committee of China Pedestrian Street, told reporters that the small shops in some shopping districts and pedestrian streets have obvious economic and self-employed characteristics, large cash flow dependence, and low risk resistance. According to investigations, due to the outbreak of the epidemic, many operators have suffered considerable losses in terms of store rent, inventory, and labor expenses. He also believes that the epidemic has also brought significant risks to personnel employment, labor relations, and lease contract performance, which has led to increased business pressure during the resumption of work.
Han Jianhui suggested that relevant departments should increase industry assistance to consumer places such as pedestrian streets and business districts; clarify the epidemic-related laws and regulations, stabilize legal relations, and resolve hidden dangers of disputes over labor employment and contract performance; consider after the epidemic has ended , Through more targeted measures to stimulate the scale of consumption and achieve rapid replenishment.
Li Zhiqi, vice chairman of the Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce, believes that the current trend of smart and online consumption is a "golden key" to opening up a "treasury" of consumption expansion and quality improvement.