CCB Beijing July 8 news (Zhou Yifan, China Central Radio reporter) After the cancellation of the "asterisk" mark, the "communication itinerary card" has a new change: according to the "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)" ”, starting from July 8, the coverage time range of the query results of the “Communication Itinerary Card” has been adjusted from “14 days” to “7 days”.
Query channels such as SMS, webpage, WeChat applet, Alipay applet, "Communication Travel Card" APP and other query channels will update the application version synchronously.
In order to prevent the input of the epidemic, the "Itinerary Card" function was launched in February 2020. Users can check the places they visit within 14 days by entering their mobile phone numbers.
Up to now, the "Itinerary Card" has undergone several changes. For example, from January 2021, the names of prefectures and cities containing medium and high risk areas will no longer be marked in red; in June 2022, the "asterisk" mark will be cancelled.
What are the possible impacts of shortening the coverage time to 7 days this time?
After the announcement of the policy of shortening the coverage time of the itinerary card from 14 days to 7 days, many netizens said that travel and work are more convenient, which also shows that the epidemic situation is gradually improving.
Ms. Lu from Anhui is currently planning her summer vacation.
Ms. Lu said: "Because the summer vacation is over, I want to use this time to travel. The itinerary code time is adjusted to 7 days, which has achieved precise prevention and control. When we go out to play, there are more places to consider."
The reporter called the customer service numbers of airports and hotels in many places, all of which indicated that they would be adjusted dynamically according to the policy.
The staff of a hotel in Hainan said that as long as the itinerary card shows normal, you can travel.
Hotel staff: There is no problem with the current epidemic prevention policy. You can normally provide a nucleic acid test within 48 hours before boarding, and then add the health code and itinerary card, which is the big green arrow.
Reporter: Today has changed from 14 days to 7 days. Does it affect the stay?
Hotel staff: It doesn't matter, as long as your itinerary card doesn't show the epidemic-related areas, and the health code doesn't change color, it doesn't matter.
Since its launch in February 2020, the "Itinerary Card" has been dynamically updated based on communication network data, and has been widely used in customs, transportation, communities, units and other aspects of epidemic prevention and control. Problems such as concealment, omission, and false declaration of itinerary information were discovered in a timely manner.
The "Itinerary Card" is adjusted according to the "New Coronavirus Pneumonia Prevention and Control Plan (Ninth Edition)", and the ninth version of the plan clearly states: "At present, the Omicron variant has become the advantage of my country's overseas imports and local epidemics. Epidemiological strains, existing research suggests that the average incubation period of Omicron variant strains is shortened, mostly 2-4 days.” In the previous epidemic prevention policy, the isolation time for close contact and inbound personnel has been changed to 7+3 and new crown patients are discharged from hospital. After the 14-day isolation management, it will be changed to 7-day home monitoring and isolation time.
From the perspective of front-line epidemic prevention personnel, dynamic adjustment makes the prevention and control work more scientific and precise. Wang Di, grid leader of Guoxin Community, Xingfu Township, Nanguan District, Changchun City, explained: "'Communication itinerary card' is an important part of our epidemic prevention and control work. One of the basis is that the transmission route and chain of virus infection can be effectively identified. The coverage time range has been adjusted from '14 days' to '7 days', which enables more accurate tracking of infected persons."
According to data from a travel platform, as of the afternoon of July 8, the domestic air ticket search popularity this weekend increased by 25% from the previous week, and the domestic hotel search popularity increased by 32% from the previous week. The overall domestic hotel booking volume increased slightly compared with the same period last week.
The policy adjustment and the summer peak season may further enhance people's travel confidence and mobility.
In Zhejiang, from July 1 to 7, the number of passengers sent to Hangzhou Railway Station increased by more than 40% year-on-year.
Zhang Xinyue, the station director of the Ma'anshan Bus Terminal in Anhui Province, introduced that the safety assurance work has been done according to policy adjustments.
Zhang Xinyue said: "The shortening of the time range of the itinerary card is a stimulus for the flow of people, especially in our passenger station, the number of people who take the provincial and out-of-province train lines will increase. In response to these adjustments, our station has also taken measures for the first time. Staff are required to screen passengers in accordance with the latest policy."
Also affected by the policy are tourism and scenic spots, and related sectors in the A-share market generally rose slightly.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, tourism, as a highly mobile industry, has been continuously affected.
Since the beginning of this year, many places have introduced policies to support the development of tourism enterprises. On July 7, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the "Notice on Incorporating Tourism Special Train Business into the Unified Management of the Inter-provincial Tourism "Fuse" Mechanism", clearly resuming travel agencies and online tourism. The enterprise operates the tourism special train business, and the tourism special train business is included in the unified management of the cross-provincial tourism "circuit breaker" mechanism.
Reducing the coverage time of the itinerary card to 7 days is another benefit for many tourism companies.
Dai Liangquan, deputy general manager of Jiangxi Wanda Asia International Travel Agency, told reporters that the group tour plan is being actively prepared.
Dai Liangquan said: "It is possible to pass through the county where the epidemic is located, or the medium and high risk areas, or the surrounding areas of the epidemic within 14 days, which will bring certain troubles to travel, such as staying in a hotel or making an appointment in some key scenic spots. There are certain difficulties, and it will be more convenient to travel within 7 days. For travel agencies, the customer's willingness to travel will be strengthened. We are now starting to make some large group plans to increase the number of group tours in popular tourist destinations in Northwest China. Program quota."
According to Dai Bin, president of the China Tourism Academy, tourism is an industry that is highly dependent on space movement. Although the market demand is relatively strong, the tourism industry can only develop when people have a real willingness to travel.
Dai Bin said: "There are thousands of policies for the operation of the tourism economy, and the market is the first; the market is closely related to the mobility of people. If everyone is worried that they will not be able to come back, their willingness to consume may only stay at the stage of imagination. It seems that it is only a change of time and days, but it actually gives everyone confidence. With the more precise epidemic prevention and control policies, especially the implementation of more accurate cross-provincial tourism 'circuit breaker' mechanisms in the tourism culture and tourism system, and the resumption of tourism A series of policy measures, such as Baolie, have made the residents' willingness to consume tourism significantly increase. Since this year's Dragon Boat Festival, we clearly feel that the process of recovery of the tourism market is accelerating, especially the summer vacation that has already arrived. It will become a turning point for the tourism market in 2022."
Pan Helin, co-director and researcher of the Digital Economy and Financial Innovation Research Center of Zhejiang University International Business School, believes that dynamic adjustment to shorten the coverage time is a further measure for scientific and precise epidemic prevention and control.
Pan Helin said: "From the perspective of epidemic prevention and control, the current 7-day itinerary information is fully capable of accurate prevention and control for epidemic prevention, and for the economy, it will drive the recovery of tourism, catering and other service industries. However, What needs to be seen is that the epidemic prevention is not relaxed, the pressure on the supply chain is still relatively large, and we still need to further balance the epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery."