Chinanews Client Beijing March 24th (Ren Siyu) Liangpi, cakes, milk tea ... During the epidemic prevention and control, many people cultivated into chefs in the house life, but cooking for many days in a row, the food is straight Shouting "I can't stand it", I began to miss the joy of eating and drinking: "When can I go out to eat?"

At present, the vast majority of the country has become a low-risk area. With the orderly progress of resumption of work and production, the catering industry in many places has gradually opened up the catering business. Many documents issued by Gansu, Liaoning, and Jiangxi indicate that the catering industry will be fully accelerated. The “firework gas” that people miss is slowly returning. But is it too early to resume dine-in? Is the restored restaurant safe?

Diners at the hot pot restaurant are scalding the belly. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Zhongjun

Catering industry resumed in many places: eat or not?

Since the beginning of 2020, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the catering industry that has been doing well in the past has been closed and closed, and some restaurants have even faced difficulties in survival. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to February 2020, China's catering revenue was 419.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 43.1%.

"People take food as the sky", the catering industry plays an important role in promoting consumption and driving economic development. Now, under the premise that epidemic prevention and control is in place, all regions are orderly pushing the catering industry back to normal operations and opening up catering services.

On the evening of March 22, the Jinan New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Disposal Leading Group (Headquarters) issued the "Opinions on Further Defining and Doing a Good Job of the Epidemic Prevention and Control under the New Situation", and proposed that restaurants should be fully restored to eat, and the farmers' market was normal Business.

On the 21st, Jiangxi Province requested that the catering business be fully resumed from 9 o'clock, and all catering business units (including hotels and restaurants that operate Chinese food and dinner, breakfast shops, supper shops, unit canteens, etc.) resumed business.

On March 13, citizens of Kunming ate at a restaurant. The headquarters of Kunming City's Leading Group for Response to Pneumonia of New Coronavirus Infection issued a notice on the 12th, deciding to resume the catering service in Kunming City from 00:00 on March 13. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Ranyang

Earlier, Chengdu, Sichuan, Xining, and Kunming, Yunnan, and other places announced that the catering industry had resumed business in an orderly and comprehensive manner, and Gansu and Liaoning provinces also issued notices to guide the catering industry's resumption of production and resume catering.

Diners who have stayed at home for a few months can finally walk into the shop and enjoy themselves: "I haven't seen grilled fish or barbecue for more than two months. The incense, the fragrance, and the fragrant go to the bones, and I can't hold it until I walk ..." "Some netizens made such a sigh on Weibo.

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But on the other hand, many people have expressed concern: "Don't make fun, just eat at home!" "Now the epidemic is not over yet, is the restaurant really safe?"

Helping the catering industry resume work

In order to encourage the citizens to go out for consumption, after the catering industry resumed eating, many leading cadres began to "own the restaurant" at their own expense, conveying that while doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, they will drive economic recovery.

“I have n’t eaten hot pot for more than two months, and today I ’m really relieved!” At noon on March 17, Li Bo, deputy mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government, and Zhang Zhikui, director of the Municipal Commercial Committee, came to a hot pot restaurant in Nanbin Road, Chongqing to take the lead. To encourage the catering industry. On March 9, Zhang Jinghua, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, came to the Nanjing food stalls, showed the green "Su Kangma" and tasted duck blood fan soup and other snacks in the store.

Through the publication of the local Nanjing media, the pictures of the party committee secretary "Xiaguanzi" eating have played a good role in demonstration. Photo by Cui Xiao

In order to help the food and beverage enterprises overcome the difficulties, some places have also issued proposals to encourage cadres and employees to help the catering industry to implement the epidemic prevention and control requirements and resume production and production policies with the guidance of actual consumption experience. For example, Gansu Province encourages cadres, workers and relatives in the market supervision system to take the lead in "going down", "eat and drink"-the "minimum consumption standard" is a weekly consumption of no less than 200 yuan. The proposal also states that strict integrity rules require consumers to pay.

In addition to leading cadres who "take the lead in eating and drinking," various localities have done their best to help the catering industry recover. For example, the Chongqing Commercial Committee launched a series of "Ten One One" themed activities, inviting citizens to embrace the spring blossoms, including eating a bowl of noodles, simmering a hot pot, enjoying a beauty salon, purchasing a batch of poverty alleviation goods, and a delicious meal and many more.

In Nanjing, a large number of consumer vouchers are waiting for the citizens to shake their numbers. Nanjing announced the issuance of 318 million yuan of consumer vouchers. Among them, citizens who have drawn Nanjing catering coupons have a single purchase of 150 yuan offline, and can use a 100 yuan consumer voucher. According to reports, from March 21st to 22nd, Nanjing used a total of 23,014 catering coupons, with a total consumption amount of 5,992,300 yuan, driving a consumption amount of 3.691 million yuan.

In addition, Chengdu also specified in the notice that catering service units are allowed to appropriately set up catering premises without affecting traffic and pedestrian traffic. In areas where catering is relatively concentrated, various road resources and open spaces are used to set up temporary parking spaces for dining. Publicity advertisements such as posters and roll-ups can be posted and placed inside and outside the restaurant to attract customers.

1 meter apart, public chopsticks and spoon ... How can a restaurant be reassuring?

After the restaurant resumes eating, how to ensure the personal safety of diners has become a big test. On the basis of issuing notices on the restoration of the catering industry, various places have also introduced a series of detailed security measures. China Cooking Association issued the "Guidelines for the Resumption of Production and Resumption of Group Meal Enterprises during the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak", which provides specific guidance for catering enterprises.

In addition to wearing a mask, measuring body temperature, scanning, sterilizing, and eating in a restaurant, what else is there to pay attention to?

——Controlling the number of people. According to the 3.0 version of the Guidelines for Operation and Service of Catering Service Units issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce during the epidemic, catering service units shall set up a "one meter line", strictly control the density of dining crowds, and arrange for special personnel to measure body temperature. In Shuangcheng District, Harbin, in principle, the dining staff must not exceed 50% of the maximum capacity of the store. Two people and four people can seat one person; six people can seat two people; round tables can be seated; hot pot must be one per person pot.

——Keep the distance. In Zhengzhou, Henan, the actual usage of dining tables does not exceed 50% of the total, and the table spacing is not less than 1 meter. The square table is a single table, and the long table is seated in the same direction; the round table is seated in the customer's seat, and the face-to-face distance is not less than 1 meter. Beijing also requires that diners are not allowed to dine face-to-face, meals are spaced more than 1 meter apart, and fixed tables and chairs must identify non-dining seats.

Data map: During the epidemic, citizens of Lanzhou tasted beef noodles. Photo by Yang Yanmin

——Registration information. For example, Zhengzhou City requires catering companies to establish a customer information traceability system. Each table must register at least one customer's valid identity information and contact information to ensure that it can be traced to each customer.

——Encourage contactless ordering. Liaoning encourages accommodation and catering business units to take various forms of services such as ordering food from the counter, making appointments for meals, eating at the wrong time, calling for meals, queuing at intervals, and scanning payment settlement, to avoid the phenomenon of gathering people. It is recommended that all catering distribution units develop contactless distribution services.

——Recommended public chopsticks and spoons and divided meals. The Chinese have always been accustomed to eating together, but during the epidemic prevention and control period, this tradition needs to consider changing. On March 20, Wang Bin, the inspector of the disease control bureau of the National Health and Medical Commission, said at a press conference that the public should take good personal protection when dining, recommend split meals and use public chopsticks. Jinan, Beijing, Shanghai and other places have also successively announced the initiative to divide meals and public chopsticks. In many restaurants, public chopsticks have become "standard."

Data Map: In a Shanghai restaurant, a public spoon and chopsticks are placed on the table. Photo by Tang Yanjun

In addition, during the epidemic prevention and control period, there have been many cases of family dinners or out-of-home infections in the country. Therefore, while launching epidemic prevention of catering, localities also mentioned the need to suspend marriage, bereavement, livelihood, longevity, and rural collective feasts. For large gatherings, some restaurants posted notices of "Not accepting collective gatherings" at prominent locations on the door.

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