Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, May 30th, title: Guangzhou's largest business district under the new round of local epidemic: a sudden drop in the flow of people on weekends
China News Network reporter Wang Jian
Due to the recent recurrence of confirmed cases of sporadic new coronary pneumonia in Guangzhou, the city’s epidemic prevention and control measures have been continuously improved, and many citizens have chosen to reduce going out and spend the weekend at home.
According to the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 29th, 13 new cases of local asymptomatic infections were reported in the province, 12 cases were reported in Guangzhou, and 1 case was reported in Foshan.
On the evening of the 29th, a scene in a shop in Tianhe Road Commercial District.
Photo by Wang Jian
"Although these two days are weekends, the passenger flow is not as much as the working days of the previous two weeks." On the evening of the 29th, a well-known sports brand store was working in the Tianhuan Plaza in Guangzhou's largest business district-Tianhe Road business district. The staff pointed to a shopping mall that was supposed to be crowded but had a sparse passenger flow and told reporters.
The Tianhe Road business district in the center of Guangzhou consists of dozens of large shopping malls such as Grandview Plaza, Tianhe City and Tianhuan Plaza. When the epidemic stabilized before, the passenger flow of this business district had returned to the level before the epidemic. On weekends, shopping malls are crowded with people, even on weekdays, customers are constantly flowing.
The reporter visited a number of shopping malls in the Tianhe Road business district on the 29th and found that the passenger flow of these shopping malls has dropped sharply. The bustling scene of the usual weekends has disappeared: many well-known brand stores have more staff than customers, and there are long queues on weekdays. The Internet celebrity beverage stores in China don’t need to line up, and even restaurants that usually have to wait for an hour or two to eat can be directly seated and eat...As Guangzhou encounters the local epidemic again, many citizens have responded to the appeal of the Guangzhou Municipal Government and cancelled their outings. , Dinner and other plans, choose home-based epidemic prevention.
“I’m going to graduate soon. This Saturday our classmates were going to have a dinner together to sing K, but because there are new local confirmed cases in Guangzhou, we postponed the party.” Luo Penghui, a senior student in Guangzhou ( (Pseudonym) stated that Guangzhou issued the "Notice on the Classification and Classification of the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic (No. 13)" on the 29th to reduce the gathering of citizens. For safety reasons, the students agreed not to gather or gather.
In addition to the sharp drop in passenger flow in shopping malls, many movie theaters in the Tianhe Road business district, such as Feiyang Studios and Paragon Studios, are also facing the same situation, although this week there are "Silent Place 2" and "Doraemon: With Me" Many blockbuster films such as "Partner 2" were released, but the audience in the theater was still significantly reduced.
The reporter visited a number of theaters on the evening of the 29th and found that only a few spectators were waiting to watch the movie in the rest area of the theater.
The staff of Feiyang Studios Teemall told reporters that Saturday night is usually the peak of movie-watching traffic, especially when new movies are released, the attendance rate will be higher, but the attendance rate of several new movies tonight is not too high, the audience The quantity is not as good as last week's working day.
Contrary to the decrease in passenger flow in offline business districts, online take-out platforms are a different story. The number of orders for take-out platforms such as Meituan Waimai and Ele.me has increased significantly.
In response to the Guangzhou epidemic entering the stage of hierarchical and classified prevention and control, many citizens have begun to purchase daily necessities through platforms such as takeaway, fresh food delivery, and community group purchases to reduce going out.
"Takeaway orders have increased significantly in the past two days. I am so busy that I have no time to eat, and I can't stop it," said Mr. Zhang, a takeaway.
The reporter learned that at present, in Guangzhou, the supply of living security on platforms such as food delivery and community group buying remains normal, and major Internet platforms are making every effort to ensure the supply of materials.
"Although there is a new round of epidemic in Guangzhou, which has affected offline passenger flow to a certain extent, we have experienced the previous epidemic and have developed a relatively mature online business model as a supplement." The relevant person in charge of the Tianhe Road Chamber of Commerce said, Many shopping malls in the business district, such as Teemall and Tianhuan Plaza, have launched online shopping, Douyin live broadcast, and "home" delivery services during the previous epidemic, and have accumulated some online users who can divert merchants through the mall. On the one hand, it helps businesses to open up new markets and sales channels, and on the other hand, it helps citizens reduce going out and realize "home" shopping.
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