At around midnight on the 21st, Liu Yu (pseudonym), who was in Ruili, Yunnan, was awakened by the sound of fireworks. He got up and looked out the window. The red fireworks bloomed in the night sky.
This was set off spontaneously by local residents.
A few hours ago, Ruili held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, announcing that the city "restarted" and lifted the urban home isolation.
From the closure of the city on September 14 to the release of the closure on the 21st, after 7 days of silence, this small town on the border of Yunnan became lively again.
On the evening of the 22nd, Liu Yu walked to the street to meet with colleagues who had not seen him for many days.
On the same evening, Chen Qing (pseudonym) also went out to have a barbecue, and was delighted to find that the street was different from the deserted days in the past few days. The street restaurant opened and there were more people and cars.
Chen Qing, a high school teacher in Ruili, has received notice that the school will resume classes on the 27th.
According to regulations, from the 22nd, Ruili city primary and secondary schools will resume school in batches, and township preschools and kindergartens will not resume school.
After the unblocking, Ruili still strictly prevented Burmese from smuggling across the border.
The defense on the border is still the same as before. There are temporary outposts at regular intervals, and civil defense personnel composed of villagers and others take turns to stand guard.
The local tourism industry is still waiting to recover, and Jade also faces transportation problems.
But the jade merchant Lu Hua (a pseudonym) is very optimistic. In Lu Hua's view, there were no local cases during the Spring Festival and the closure of the city. "It can be seen that Ruili is a treasure place, and everything will gradually get better."
Ruili unblocks life "restart"
At 22:00 on the 21st, the small town in Yunnan, which was hit by the pause button due to the epidemic, finally "restarted" slowly.
Some local residents were awakened by the sound of fireworks.
"Fireworks (celebration) are very common in Ruili. When cutting rough jadeite, if there is jade in the stone, people will also set off fireworks." Liu Yu said, but this time, the meaning is different from usual.
A few hours ago, Ruili held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, announcing the "restart" and lifting the home isolation in the urban area (after the second nucleic acid test was carried out for residents in the closed management of the Aoxing Century Phase I and Phase II communities, in September Home isolation was lifted on the 26th).
Liu Yu is not a local.
The sister who came to Ruili from Guangdong two months ago told the free trade zone that she was on a business trip, but she did not expect to catch up with the epidemic.
"I also suddenly knew I was going to be isolated. I woke up and prepared to go to work as usual. Then the community said that I could not go out."
During the lockdown period, Liu Yu has been eating instant noodles and quick-frozen dumplings at home, or ordering takeaways.
On the first day after unblocking, on the evening of the 22nd, Liu Yu invited a colleague who had not seen him for many days to come to a Southeast Asian restaurant that was usually very busy.
The restaurant has opened, but there are not many people.
Liu Yu felt that whether he heard the news of the release or saw the fireworks, he was very calm. When sitting at the dinner table and tasting the first bite of food with his colleagues, he was full of joy.
On the same night, Chen Qing, a native of Ruili, also went out to have a barbecue.
Chen Qing was delighted to find that the streets were different from the deserted days in the past few days, and there were more people and cars.
Staggered peak resumption of primary and secondary schools
Looking back on the week of isolation between the living and home, Chen Qing felt that his life seemed to be running as usual.
Chen Qing is a high school teacher in Ruili. He has 3 dogs and 1 cat at home. He feeds pets, reads extracurricular books, and cleans every day. In addition, he also prepares lessons and gives students online lessons. To exercise at home for an hour, life is very fulfilling."
Chen Qing's family loves food.
On September 20, the day before the release of the seal, Chen Qing’s parents bought live shrimp, trotters, lettuce, and cauliflower. The shrimps were steamed in a pot, sprinkled with garlic, and a bowl of trotters were stewed. pause.
The community stipulates that during the home isolation period, each household can go out to purchase once every two days between 7 am and 9 am.
There is a small vegetable street near the community. Whenever they can go out, Chen Qing's parents will get up early to buy vegetables.
In the early days of the lockdown, some local supermarket shelves were temporarily sold out, and some merchants were punished by the Market Supervision Administration for driving up prices.
Chen Qing still remembered that after the previous panic, supplies in pharmacies and supermarkets were quickly replenished, prices did not rise too much, and family daily life was not affected.
Chen Qing was playing board games with his family when he heard the news of the release.
My sister suddenly said "unblocking", "I immediately took out my phone to check it, and I was not particularly excited, because school and work are about to start again." Chen Qing joked.
That night, Chen Qing received a notice that the school would resume classes on the 27th.
According to the regulations of Ruili City, from September 22, Ruili City's primary and secondary schools will resume school in batches, and township preschools and kindergartens will not resume school.
On the evening of the 21st, Ruili City held a press conference.
Picture from the official website of Ruili Municipal People's Government
Logistics and tourism are affected
On the 23rd, Liu Yu bought the air ticket for the day and planned to leave Ruili in advance.
"I planned to go back this month, but I did go a few days earlier and wanted to leave before the nucleic acid test expired."
At present, Ruili has completed the nucleic acid test for all employees in the urban area, and more than 280,000 samples have been tested, and the test results are all negative.
Except for 2 imported cases, no local cases and local transmission were found.
In order to minimize the risk, Ruili requires that those who leave Ruili between 22:00 on September 21 and 0:00 on October 10 must hold a valid nucleic acid test negative certificate within 7 days.
Liu Yu did a nucleic acid test on September 16, just one week.
Liu Yu, who works in cross-border logistics, has little business affected by the epidemic.
The outbreak in Myanmar is also very serious. Liu Yu's residence in the Jiegao Trade Zone is less than 1 km away from Myanmar. He had frequent trade exchanges with Myanmar before. "This is where Chinese and Burmese live together."
The local jade merchant Lu Hua also told the Beijing News reporter that due to the epidemic and the lockdown, business has not been well done recently. "The logistics of Ruili is not very convenient, and jade cannot be shipped out." But Lu Hua thinks Ruili is a treasure. During the Spring Festival and the lockdown, there were no local cases.
The local tourism industry is also affected.
Every October 1st is the China-Myanmar Pauk Pak Carnival. A homestay owner in Ruili mentioned that in the past, many people would come to Ruili during this festival every year. There were a lot of things to play, and there were many Chinese and Burmese people. Can experience some characteristic culture.
This year, the boss received significantly fewer calls to book homestays. "I guess there will be a lot fewer people during the National Day."
People don't come to Ruili, and people from Ruili don't want to leave the city.
Chen Qing told the Beijing News reporter that most people do not plan to go out on the National Day, and want to wait for the complete end of the epidemic before leaving the city.
Ruili is not hot in summer and cold in winter. The geographical location of the border makes it more mysterious. It contains rich tourism resources.
The locals feel that if Yunnan is a beautiful peacock that is as beautiful as a fairy, then Ruili seems to be a gorgeous bird inlaid on the top of the peacock screen.
This time the small town was known to more people because of the epidemic.
Liu Yu is not worried that he will encounter strange eyes when leaving Ruili, "I believe there will be no such superficial people around me."
Gong Yunzun, the commander of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters in Ruili City, also mentioned in the press conference, “We will facilitate the nucleic acid testing of personnel leaving Switzerland, and we also call on localities not to take additional restrictions on personnel leaving Switzerland."
Border villages strictly prevent outsiders from entering
Ruili is located on the southwestern border of China, connected to the mountains and rivers of Myanmar, facing the village.
On the 23rd, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar issued a message mentioning that the outbreak in Myanmar has rebounded.
The outbreak was caused by two Burmese smugglers. On the basis of the original 48 border control points, Ruili added 188 mass defense and control points to strengthen border patrols.
After the ban was lifted, the local area still strictly prevented Burmese from smuggling across the border, and in villages near the border, only local villagers were still allowed to enter and leave.
Wang Sheng (a pseudonym) runs a wood processing plant in Nongdao Township in Ruili, importing wood from Myanmar and producing furniture such as wood panels and chairs.
On the morning of the 21st, Wang Sheng woke up his wife, and the two began to clean up the room. They found the autumn and winter clothes from the closet, folded them, and stuffed them into their suitcases.
"My factory is near the national border, and the village over there does not allow outsiders to enter." Wang Sheng is not a native of Ruili, and there is no way to return to the village to continue processing wood, so he and his wife and children returned to their hometown in Chengdu, Sichuan.
As for when he can return to the village and continue to operate the factory, Wang Sheng himself is not clear. The intersection of the village where the factory is located is still guarded 24 hours a day, asking questions, temperature checks and investigations of passing personnel.
The defense on the border is still the same as before. There are temporary outposts at regular intervals, and civil defense personnel composed of villagers and others take turns to stand guard.
At the press conference, Ruili City stated that it will patrol the border with no dead ends, full coverage and normalization for 24 hours, weave a dense border prevention and control network, and severely crack down on illegal crossing of the country (border) in accordance with the law, and severely punish stowaways and illegal immigrants Organizing, assisting, and housing stowaways; implementing a closed management system for villages arriving in the border, a "zero report" system, and a reporting and reward system for illegally crossing the border (frontier).
"I don't have any complaints to Burmese people now, and there will still be normal work exchanges." Liu Yu said.
Regarding whether he is worried about another imported cases, Chen Qing believes that he is still very confident in the prevention of the epidemic. "Even if you are worried, you must continue to live. It is better to be happy every day."
New Beijing News trainee reporter Peng Chong and reporter Liu Mingyang